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eCushion: An eTextile device for sitting posture monitoring

  • Wenyao Xu
  • , Zhinan Li
  • , Ming Chun Huang
  • , Navid Amini
  • , Majid Sarrafzadeh
  • University of California at Los Angeles
  • Peking University

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Abstract

Sitting posture analysis is critical for daily applications in biomedical, education and healthcare fields. However, it remains unclear how to monitor sitting posture economically and comfortably. To this end, we presented an eTextile device, called eCushion, in this paper, which can analyze the sitting posture of human being accurately and non-invasively. First, we discussed the implementation of eCushion and design challenges of sensing data, such as scale, offset, rotation and crosstalk. Then, several effective techniques have been proposed to improve the recognition rate of sitting posture. Our experimental results show that the recognition rate of our eCushion system could achieve 92% for object-oriented cases and 79% for general cases.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2011 International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2011
Pages194-199
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event8th International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2011 - Dallas, TX, United States
Duration: May 23 2011May 25 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2011 International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2011

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas, TX
Period05/23/1105/25/11

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