S. Hermann, Paula Breitling, Tobias Röddiger, M. Beigl
{"title":"Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Support: Comparison of Wrist-, Chest-, and Ear-Worn Devices and Estimation Algorithms","authors":"S. Hermann, Paula Breitling, Tobias Röddiger, M. Beigl","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3478820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478820","url":null,"abstract":"Chest compressions (CC) are the most important means of treating cardiac arrest but are challenging to perform. Real-time feedback of depth and rate can improve CC quality. For the first time, we compared three wearable positions and six depth, and rate estimation algorithms under the same conditions. We share their optimal tuning parameters. Our evaluation of earables results in a new prime candidate for high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) feedback. For depth estimation on chest, wrist, and ear the median absolute deviation (MAD) was 3.4 mm, 4.5 mm, and 5.9 mm, respectively (target depth range: 50-60 mm). Though not necessary for effective CC, fusing sensor locations reduces the depth MAD further to 3.2 mm. CC rate was estimated at less than 1.6 compressions per minute (cpm) MAD in all configurations. Hence, all wearables and algorithms give precise input for live-saving CPR.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127491255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Role of Context Length for Feature Extraction and Sequence Modeling in Human Activity Recognition","authors":"S. Hiremath, T. Ploetz","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3478825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478825","url":null,"abstract":"At the core of human activity recognition (HAR) lies a time-series analysis problem. Given the sequential nature of the data, sensor readings are analyzed in their temporal contexts thereby focusing on two modeling components: feature extraction and sequence modeling for activity classification. Many HAR approaches utilize identical context lengths for both model components. In this paper we show that the consideration of such identical temporal contexts is not ideal. Motivated by the fact that features should capture temporally local characteristics of the data whereas sequence modeling should focus on longer ranging relationships, we modify a state-of-the-art HAR model (DeepConvLSTM) and experiment with different temporal contexts. Our evaluation on seven benchmark datasets demonstrates the benefit of separately optimizing temporal contexts for feature extraction and sequence modeling in HAR.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125003404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WeakCounter: Acceleration-based Repetition Counting of Actions with Weakly Supervised Learning","authors":"Yuuki Nishino, T. Maekawa, T. Hara","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3480431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3480431","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents WeakCounter, which is a weakly supervised method for the repetition counting of a human action using a body-worn inertial sensor. WeakCounter is composed of two novel components: i) an attention-based network that can be trained on a weak label, which is defined to specify only the number of repetitions of an action included in an input data segment in this study, and ii) label diversification that enhances training of the network.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126993006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alireza Golgouneh, E. Beaudette, Heidi Woelfle, Bai Li, N. Subash, Amanda J. Redhouse, Mark T. Jones, Thomas L. Martin, M. Lobo, B. Holschuh, Lucy E. Dunne
{"title":"Design of a Hybrid SMA-Pneumatic based Wearable Upper Limb Exoskeleton","authors":"Alireza Golgouneh, E. Beaudette, Heidi Woelfle, Bai Li, N. Subash, Amanda J. Redhouse, Mark T. Jones, Thomas L. Martin, M. Lobo, B. Holschuh, Lucy E. Dunne","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3478838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478838","url":null,"abstract":"Upper limb mobility impairments affect individuals at all life stages. Exoskeletons can assist in rehabilitation as well as performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Most commercial assistive devices still rely on rigid robotics with constrained biomechanical degrees of freedom that may even increase user exertion. Therefore, this paper discusses the iterative design and development of a novel hybrid pneumatic actuation and Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) based wearable soft exoskeleton to assist in shoulder abduction and horizontal flexion/extension movements, with integrated soft strain sensing to track shoulder joint motion. The garment development was done in two stages which involved creating (1) SMA actuators integrated with soft sensing, and (2) integrating pneumatic actuation. The final soft exoskeleton design was developed based on the insights gained from two prior prototypes in terms of wearability, usability, comfort, and functional specifications (i.e., placement and number) of the sensors and actuators. The final exoskeleton is a modular, multilayer garment which uses a hybrid and customizable actuation strategy (SMA and inflatable pneumatic bladder).","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115750796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sima Pirmoradi, Beth Ferguson, G. Berk, Katia Vega
{"title":"CJ-2050: Body Cooling Wearable Technology","authors":"Sima Pirmoradi, Beth Ferguson, G. Berk, Katia Vega","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3478826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478826","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the climate change effects, the average temperature in the 2100s might be between 2 and 9.7°F warmer- an excessive heat wave beyond human tolerance. CJ-2050 is a speculative wearable device that provides body cooling through a jewelry design when in direct contact with the skin. Cold water constantly travels through dedicated tubes to reduce the body's temperature at key points in the circulation system. A Peltier module structure has been utilized to keep the water cold and a pump system irrigates the water through the tubes. This project aims at reimagining our daily jewelry in a dystopia that may not be too far away with a wearable design that intertwines body heating regulation, speculative jewelry design, and aesthetics.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132773679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hannah Friederike Fischer, D. Wittmann, Alejandro Baucells Costa, Bo Zhou, Gesche Joost, P. Lukowicz
{"title":"Masquare: A Functional Smart Mask Design for Health Monitoring","authors":"Hannah Friederike Fischer, D. Wittmann, Alejandro Baucells Costa, Bo Zhou, Gesche Joost, P. Lukowicz","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3478831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478831","url":null,"abstract":"We present a technology-garment co-designed smart mask concept, Masquare or Masque2, to enable the daily face garments with cardio-respiratory health monitoring functions, through scientifically established results. Masquare can be used in various scenarios where both protection against harmful elements and continuous health status monitoring can benefit the user. Our design approach thoroughly considers the textile and garment integration to combine smart sensing technologies inside a face mask while keeping its traditional air filtering functions, all at the same time not deviating from the already generally accepted mask appearance.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127523874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Audio-Based Onset Detection applied to Chewing Cycle Segmentation","authors":"D. Kopyto, Rui Zhang, O. Amft","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3478819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478819","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we compare three onset detection algorithms for acoustic chewing cycle detection, which is a basic step in eating detection and automated dietary monitoring. We introduce a spectral flux algorithm that uses the spectrogram of a chewing sequence to compute a novelty function. Furthermore, beat tracking, in particular the notion of a predominant local pulse is introduced. We compare the two algorithms to a baseline energy-based segmentation in a chewing dataset with seven participants consuming pieces of six different foods, including in total 9818 annotated chewing cycles. Best performance was achieved for the beat tracking algorithm with 83% F-measure after leave-one-participant-out cross validation.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126542891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Method to Manipulate Subjective Time by using Tactile Stimuli of Wearable Device","authors":"Kiichi Shirai, Kyosuke Futami, Kazuya Murao","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3480932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3480932","url":null,"abstract":"There are situations where it would be desirable to manipulate the subjective time, and many studies have proposed methods to manipulate the subjective time for purposes such as reducing waiting time. However, it isn’t easy to use previous methods in various situations because most of them use visual and auditory information. This study proposes a method to manipulate the subjective time by tactile stimuli of wrist-worn devices. Since wrist-worn devices such as smartwatches are widely used and can present tactile stimuli at any time, our method can be used without blocking visual or auditory perception channels. We designed tactile stimuli presentation methods that change the number of stimuli. The evaluation result clarified the elements of tactile stimuli that intentionally changed the subjective time and confirmed that our method could change the subjective time by about 21% (from -3% to 18%). Since few studies focused on the phenomenon that the subjective time changes depending on tactile stimuli of information devices, our study can contribute to designing information devices and user experiences.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126794760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Wittmann, Hannah Friederike Fischer, T. Martins, Gesche Joost
{"title":"TheraTrousers: Reactive wearable for playful therapeutic self-empowerment: Wearable for Therapeutic Exercising","authors":"D. Wittmann, Hannah Friederike Fischer, T. Martins, Gesche Joost","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3478840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478840","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a smart garment for motivating children and teens to perform gait therapy exercises, while enabling them to do so at home, outdoors or otherwise outside a practitioner's facilities. Taking the shape of a pair of trousers that look and behave like sci-fi attire, the wearable connects with a similarly themed game that turns physiotherapy sessions into exciting explorations in a light-hearted science-fiction scenario. The garment includes embedded sensors and actuators, connected via embroidered conductive yarn tracks, and its overall construction was achieved using standardized industry techniques and machinery, aimed at large-scale automated production. While measuring the user's activity to detect the performance of specific movements, the wearable also reacts to these, as well as other gameplay events, as a form of feedback and positive reinforcement. The overall aim was both to increase enjoyment during and compliance to therapy routines, and to foster autonomy, self-empowerment and a positive outlook for user.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130358306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gijs Huisman, T. L. Baldi, N. D’Aurizio, D. Prattichizzo
{"title":"Feedback of Head Gestures in Audio-haptic Remote Communication","authors":"Gijs Huisman, T. L. Baldi, N. D’Aurizio, D. Prattichizzo","doi":"10.1145/3460421.3478809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3460421.3478809","url":null,"abstract":"In this brief, we present the preliminary design of a wearable system able to detect and haptically display head motions of conversation participants. The aim of the system is to allow for remote communication to not have to rely on visual social cues. To demonstrate the design principles of the system, we recorded data from a single participant during a remote walking conversation using Zoom.","PeriodicalId":395295,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117351355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}