Title
Exploring audio and kinetic sensing on earable devices.
Abstract
In this paper, we explore audio and kinetic sensing on earable devices with the commercial on-the-shelf form factor. For the study, we prototyped earbud devices with a 6-axis inertial measurement unit and a microphone. We systematically investigate the differential characteristics of the audio and inertial signals to assess their feasibility in human activity recognition. Our results demonstrate that earable devices have a superior signal-to-noise ratio under the influence of motion artefacts and are less susceptible to acoustic environment noise. We then present a set of activity primitives and corresponding signal processing pipelines to showcase the capabilities of earbud devices in converting accelerometer, gyroscope, and audio signals into the targeted human activities with a mean accuracy reaching up to 88% in varying environmental conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3211960.3211970
MobiSys '18: The 16th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services Munich Germany June, 2018
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-1-4503-5842-2
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chulhong Min136230.13
Akhil Mathur210115.10
Fahim Kawsar390980.24