A Preliminary Study for Portable Walking Distance Measurement System Using Ultrasonic Sensors
- 1 August 2007
- conference paper
- research article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
- Vol. 2007 (1094687X), 5290-5293
- https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2007.4353535
Abstract
Efforts have been made to measure the distance traveled by humans in motion, in ways that are compact and accurate, for a long time. There are several ways to measure the distance moved by walking or running in daily life, some of which already use commercial products, but those methods are inaccurate. In this study, a new method is provided using ultrasonic sensors, and this is the fundamental study. The newly devised 'Portable Walking Distance Measurement System' was developed using ultrasonic wave characteristics and has approximately 90% accuracy. This result provides an opportunity to estimate human activities and the developed system would provide more comfort and an exact way to measure the walking distance in daily life and could be applied to exercise.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- A triaxial accelerometer and portable data processing unit for the assessment of daily physical activityIEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1997
- How Much Physical Activity Is Good For HealthAnnual Review of Public Health, 1992
- THE ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY QUESTIONNAIREAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 1986