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Tracking the sedentary lifestyle using smartphone: A pilot study
International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT
  • Muhammad Fahim, İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi
  • Asad Masood Khattak, Zayed University
  • Francis Chow, Zayed University
  • Babar Shah, Zayed University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
3-1-2016
Abstract

© 2016 Global IT Research Institute (GiRI). Smartphone is most ubiquitous device and provides unique opportunity of continuous and automated tracking of sedentary lifestyle with the help of embedded sensors. In this paper, we present the evaluation of our pilot study results to track the sedentary lifestyle. The proposed model works well in real-time and inside the smartphone environment to process the sensory data. We compute the time and frequency domain features over the acceleration signals and classify the context with non-parametric nearest neighbor algorithm. To analyze the lifestyle patterns, information is transferred to the cloud server for archiving, further computation and its availability anywhere, anytime for visualization. It facilitates users to maintain and monitor their everyday lifestyle patterns and assists them to change their unhealthy sedentary behaviour identified by the proposed research. Furthermore, achieved results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed research in real-world scenarios.

ISBN
9788996865063
Publisher
IEEE
Disciplines
Keywords
  • k-NN,
  • Lifestyle,
  • Sedentary behaviour,
  • Smartphone
Scopus ID
84962844429
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICACT.2016.7423366
Citation Information
Muhammad Fahim, Asad Masood Khattak, Francis Chow and Babar Shah. "Tracking the sedentary lifestyle using smartphone: A pilot study" International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT Vol. 2016-March (2016) p. 296 - 299 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1738-9445" target="_blank">1738-9445</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/babar-shah/54/