Designing a wearable computer for lifestyle evaluation

Author

Yicheng Bai ; Chengliu Li ; Yaofeng Yue ; Wenyan Jia ; Jie Li ; Zhi-Hong Mao ; Mingui Sun

Author_Institution

Depts. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

16-18 March 2012

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

94

Abstract

A wearable computer, called eButton, has been developed for evaluation of the human lifestyle. This ARM-based device acquires multimodal data from a camera module, a motion sensor, an orientation sensor, a light sensor and a GPS receiver. Its performance has been tested both in our laboratory and by human subjects in free-living conditions. Our results indicate that eButton can record real-world data reliably, providing a powerful tool for the evaluation of lifestyle for a broad range of applications.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; motion measurement; optical sensors; position measurement; wearable computers; ARM-based device; GPS receiver; camera module; computer circuit design; eButton; free-living conditions; human lifestyle evaluation; light sensor; motion sensor; multimodal data; orientation sensor; real-world data; wearable computer; Batteries; Educational institutions; Global Positioning System; Humans; Power demand; Power measurement; Wearable computers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2012 38th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

ISSN

2160-7001

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1141-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2012.6206978

Filename

6206978