Title :
A biomeechanical model-based incremental estimation of pedestrian displacement for context aware services
Author :
López, Antonio M. ; Álvarez, Diego ; Gonzalez, Rafael C. ; Álvarez, Juan C.
Author_Institution :
Oviedo Univ.
Abstract :
Personal localization is key for context aware services in intelligent environments. Dead reckoning approaches are error prone due to the incremental integration error. In this paper an approach based on independent estimations of each step length is applied to avoid the unbounded growth of error, by means of a pendulum model of human gait. A wearable device has been developed, and field experiments have been carried out. The feasibility of the approach is discussed
Keywords :
gait analysis; ubiquitous computing; biomechanical model; context aware service; dead reckoning approach; human gait; incremental estimation; intelligent environment; pedestrian displacement; pendulum model; personal localization; wearable device;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Environments, 2006. IE 06. 2nd IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-663-7
