A novel mobile-cloud system for capturing and analyzing wheelchair maneuvering data: A pilot study.

The purpose of this pilot study was to provide a new approach for capturing and analyzing wheelchair maneuvering data, which are critical for evaluating wheelchair users' activity levels. We proposed a mobile-cloud (MC) system, which incorporated the emerging mobile and cloud computing technologies....

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Publicado en:Assistive Technology Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 105 - 115
Autores principales: Fu, Jicheng, Jones, Maria, Liu, Tao, Hao, Wei, Yan, Yuqing, Qian, Gang, Jan, Yih-Kuen
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts tracings Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2016
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          Fu, Jicheng
          Jones, Maria
          Liu, Tao
          Hao, Wei
          Yan, Yuqing
          Qian, Gang
          Jan, Yih-Kuen
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          Cloud Computing
          Mobile Applications
          Signal Processing, Computer Assisted
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          Pilot Studies
          Smartphone
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      ab: The purpose of this pilot study was to provide a new approach for capturing and analyzing wheelchair maneuvering data, which are critical for evaluating wheelchair users' activity levels. We proposed a mobile-cloud (MC) system, which incorporated the emerging mobile and cloud computing technologies. The MC system employed smartphone sensors to collect wheelchair maneuvering data and transmit them to the cloud for storage and analysis. A k-nearest neighbor (KNN) machine-learning algorithm was developed to mitigate the impact of sensor noise and recognize wheelchair maneuvering patterns. We conducted 30 trials in an indoor setting, where each trial contained 10 bouts (i.e., periods of continuous wheelchair movement). We also verified our approach in a different building. Different from existing approaches that require sensors to be attached to wheelchairs' wheels, we placed the smartphone into a smartphone holder attached to the wheelchair. Experimental results illustrate that our approach correctly identified all 300 bouts. Compared to existing approaches, our approach was easier to use while achieving similar accuracy in analyzing the accumulated movement time and maximum period of continuous movement (p > 0.8). Overall, the MC system provided a feasible way to ease the data collection process and generated accurate analysis results for evaluating activity levels.
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