Deep Learning in Human Activity Recognition with Wearable Sensors: A Review on Advances.

Journal: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
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Abstract

Mobile and wearable devices have enabled numerous applications, including activity tracking, wellness monitoring, and human-computer interaction, that measure and improve our daily lives. Many of these applications are made possible by leveraging the rich collection of low-power sensors found in many mobile and wearable devices to perform human activity recognition (HAR). Recently, deep learning has greatly pushed the boundaries of HAR on mobile and wearable devices. This paper systematically categorizes and summarizes existing work that introduces deep learning methods for wearables-based HAR and provides a comprehensive analysis of the current advancements, developing trends, and major challenges. We also present cutting-edge frontiers and future directions for deep learning-based HAR.

Authors

  • Shibo Zhang
    Department of Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Mudd Hall, 2233 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
  • Yaxuan Li
    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, McGill University, McConnell Engineering Building, 3480 Rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 0E9, Canada.
  • Shen Zhang
    School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
  • Farzad Shahabi
    Department of Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Mudd Hall, 2233 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
  • Stephen Xia
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, Mudd 1310, 500 W. 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA.
  • Yu Deng
    National Engineering Research Center for Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China.
  • Nabil Alshurafa
    Department of Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Mudd Hall, 2233 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.