Interfacing human and computer with wireless body area sensor networks: The WiMoCA solution

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-363

  Farella, Elisabetta ^a   Pieracci, Augusto ^a   Benini, Luca ^a   Rocchi, Laura ^a   Acquaviva, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body area networks; Human computer interaction; Movement tracking; Wireless

Indexed keywords

MOBILE COMPUTING; MOTION ESTIMATION; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

BODY AREA NETWORKS; MOVEMENT TRACKING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 43949100645     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: 15737721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-007-0189-5     Document Type: Article

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