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Estimating Human Walking Pace and Direction Using Vibration Signals

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  • Jeong, Eunseok (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, DaeEun (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • 정은석 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과) ;
  • 김대은 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과)
  • Received : 2014.02.15
  • Accepted : 2014.03.30
  • Published : 2014.05.01
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Abstract

In service robots, a number of human movements are analyzed using a variety of sensors. Vibration signals from walking movements of a human provide useful information about the distance and the movement direction of the human. In this paper, we measure the intensity of vibrations and detect both human walking pace and direction. In our experiments, vibration signals detected by microphone sensors provide good estimation of the distance and direction of a human movement. This can be applied to HRI (Human-Robot Interaction) technology.

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