Method for step detection and gait direction estimation
US8930163B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P15/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for detecting a human's steps and estimating the horizontal translation direction and scaling of the resulting motion relative to an inertial sensor is described. When a pedestrian takes a sequence of steps the displacement can be decomposed into a sequence of rotations and translations over each step. A translation is the change in the location of pedestrian's center of mass and a rotation is the change along z-axis of the pedestrian's orientation. A translation can be described by a vector and a rotation by an angle.
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