Context awareness of human motion states using accelerometer

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Jin, Gye Hwan ^a,b   Lee, Sang Bock ^a,b   Lee, Tae Soo ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Nambu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Context awareness; Fuzzy inference system; Motion states

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; RECUMBENCY; RUNNING; SITTING; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AWARENESS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT;

EID: 40549108040     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9111-y     Document Type: Article

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