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Video Movement Analysis Using Smartphones (ViMAS): A Pilot Study
Published on: March 14, 2017
Capturing basic movements for mobile platforms embedded with motion sensors
1Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte), Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. aravindk at ieee.org
Abstract:
A novel experimental setup using accelerometer and gyroscope sensors embedded on a single board along with a distance-based pattern recognition algorithm is presented for accurately identifying basic movements for possible application in gaming using a mobile platform. As an example, we considered some basic step sequences in the popular dance game (e.g., dance dance revolution), and could detect these movements with a reasonably high probability. We envision that the experimental results presented in this paper will motivate future research in the world of mobile gaming applications using advanced smart phones with a dual module design.
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