Journal
IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 261-268Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/3516.951364
Keywords
haptic sensing; posture classification; posture-based interface; pressure-distribution sensors; sensing chair
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One challenge in multimodal interface research is the lack of robust subsystems that support multimodal interactions. By focusing on a chair-an object that is involved in virtually all human-computer interactions, the sensing chair project enables an ordinary office chair to become aware of its occupant's actions and needs. Surface-mounted pressure distribution sensors are placed over the seatpan and backrest of the chair for real time capturing of contact information between the chair and its occupant. Given the similarity between a pressure distribution map and a grayscale image, pattern recognition techniques commonly used in computer and robot vision, such as principal components analysis, have been successfully applied to solving the problem of sitting posture classification. The current static posture classification system operates in real time with an overall classification accuracy of 96% and 79% for familiar (people it had felt before) and unfamiliar users, respectively. Future work is aimed at a dynamic posture tracking system that continuously tracks not only steady-state (static) but transitional (dynamic) sitting postures. Results reported here form important stepping stones toward an intelligent chair that can find applications in many areas including multimodal interfaces, intelligent environment, and safety of automobile operations.
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