LightVest: A Wearable Body Position Monitor Using Ambient and Infrared Light

Arsen Papisyan; Ani Nahapetian

9th International Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

LightVest: A Wearable Body Position Monitor Using Ambient and Infrared Light

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    author={Arsen Papisyan and Ani Nahapetian},
    title={LightVest: A Wearable Body Position Monitor Using Ambient and Infrared Light},
    proceedings={9th International Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2014},
    month={11},
    keywords={body area network (ban) body position monitor pose monitoring light sensor lux wearable computing},
    doi={10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257045}
}

Arsen Papisyan
Ani Nahapetian
Year: 2014
LightVest: A Wearable Body Position Monitor Using Ambient and Infrared Light
BODYNETS
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257045

Arsen Papisyan¹, Ani Nahapetian¹^,*

1: California State University, Northridge

*Contact email: ani@csun.edu

Abstract

This paper presents a low-cost, low-power, and computationally inexpensive approach for monitoring body positioning and pose using light. The experimental platform, the LightVest, which leverages broadband and infrared light sensor data for lightweight body position monitoring is described. The challenges of using light for on-body monitoring, by analyzing the impact of lighting conditions, backgrounds, and placement on the body are also presented. The approach is experimentally verified by determining the classification accuracy of eight common ballet arm positions, using the LightVest.

Keywords: body area network (ban) body position monitor pose monitoring light sensor lux wearable computing

Published: 2014-11-21
Publisher: ICST

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257045