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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

A Low-Resolution Infrared Array for Unobtrusive Human Activity Recognition That Preserves Privacy.

Nishat Tasnim Newaz, Eisuke Hanada

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nishat Tasnim NewazGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Saga 8408502, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4268-7344
Eisuke HanadaFaculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Saga 8408502, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6718-0101

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research uses a low-resolution infrared array sensor to address real-time human activity recognition while prioritizing the preservation of privacy. The proposed system captures thermal pixels that are represented as a human silhouette. With camera and image processing, it is easy to detect human activity, but that reduces privacy. This work proposes a novel human activity recognition system that uses interpolation and mathematical measures that are unobtrusive and do not involve machine learning. The proposed method directly and efficiently recognizes multiple human states in a real-time environment. This work also demonstrates the accuracy of the outcomes for various scenarios using traditional ML approaches. This low-resolution IR array sensor is effective and would be useful for activity recognition in homes and healthcare centers.

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Human ActivitiesPrivacyHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMachine Learninghuman activity recognitioninterpolationlow-resolution infrared arraymachine learningthermal detection

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PMID38339643
PMCPMC10857048

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