Ultra-Low Resolution Infrared Sensor-Based Wireless Sensor Network for Privacy-Preserved Recognition of Daily Activities of Living

Luubaatar Badarch, Munkhjargal Gochoo, Ganzorig Batnasan, Fady Alnajjar, Tan Hsu Tan

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Abstract

In the last few decades, the number of elderly people living alone surge worldwide due to an increase in human life expectancy. Researchers suggest different types of methods to monitor elderly residents living alone to prevent them from being unable to get help on time after some incidents such as accidental falling or heart attack. High-resolution data generating methods in monitoring elderly people with RGB cameras or wearable devices are inconvenient for elderly residents. While the former raises a privacy concern, the latter is not practical to wear on and off or charge its battery frequently. One of the solutions that solve both aforementioned problems is ultra-low resolution infrared (IR) sensor arrays. We offer a dataset for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) collected with 8×8 IR sensor arrays from 74 volunteers. For ADL recognition, four types of deep learning models, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), two types of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), and Transformer models are employed. Among them, CNN and Transformer models showed promising results. We believe the dataset is a good contribution to versatile data sources for researchers to accelerate their work on the development of privacy-preserved ADL recognition systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE 20th International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications, NCA 2021
EditorsMauro Andreolini, Mirco Marchetti, Dimiter R. Avresky
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665495509
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event20th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications, NCA 2021 - Boston, United States
Duration: Nov 23 2021Nov 26 2021

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE 20th International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications, NCA 2021

Conference

Conference20th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications, NCA 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period11/23/2111/26/21

Keywords

  • activities of daily living
  • Elderly
  • independent living
  • Infrared
  • privacy-preserved
  • sensors
  • smart homes
  • unobtrusive

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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