Cited by 19Context-Aware Activity Recognition SystemsHuman Pose and Action RecognitionGait Recognition and Analysis

A Multimodal IoT-Based Locomotion Classification System Using Features Engineering and Recursive Neural Network

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Javeed, Madiha, Mudawi, Naif Al, Alabduallah, Bayan Ibrahimm, Jalal, Ahmad, Kim, Wooseong·2023·Sensors

Abstract

Locomotion prediction for human welfare has gained tremendous interest in the past few years. Multimodal locomotion prediction is composed of small activities of daily living and an efficient approach to providing support for healthcare, but the complexities of motion signals along with video processing make it challenging for researchers in terms of achieving a good accuracy rate. The multimodal internet of things (IoT)-based locomotion classification has helped in solving these challenges. In this paper, we proposed a novel multimodal IoT-based locomotion classification technique using three benchmarked datasets. These datasets contain at least three types of data, such as data from physical motion, ambient, and vision-based sensors. The raw data has been filtered through different techniques for each sensor type. Then, the ambient and physical motion-based sensor data have been windowed, and a skeleton model has been retrieved from the vision-based data. Further, the features have been extracted and optimized using state-of-the-art methodologies. Lastly, experiments performed verified that the proposed locomotion classification system is superior when compared to other conventional approaches, particularly when considering multimodal data. The novel multimodal IoT-based locomotion classification system has achieved an accuracy rate of 87.67% and 86.71% over the HWU-USP and Opportunity++ datasets, respectively. The mean accuracy rate of 87.0% is higher than the traditional methods proposed in the literature.

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The paper proposes a multimodal IoT locomotion classification system that fuses ambient, wearable motion, and vision data using feature engineering and a recursive neural network. It reports a mean accuracy of 87.0%, with 87.67% on HWU-USP and 86.71% on Opportunity++.

Key findings

  • The proposed system achieved 87.67% accuracy on the HWU-USP dataset and 86.71% on the Opportunity++ dataset, for a mean accuracy of 87.0%.
  • The authors state this mean accuracy is higher than traditional multimodal methods compared in the paper.
  • Skeleton modeling extracted 11 skeleton points—head, neck, torso, elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles—and was validated through confidence levels and skeleton point accuracies.
  • Feature extraction used Pearson correlation for ambient data with a threshold of 0.04, LPCC for motion data, and SLIF for vision data.

Methods

  • Ambient data were filtered with a Butterworth filter, wearable motion data with a wavelet quaternion-based filter, and vision data via background subtraction; ambient and motion signals were windowed for 4 s, and skeleton points were extracted from human silhouettes.
  • Features were extracted separately by sensor type, fused over time windows, optimized using cross entropy with type-2 fuzzy logic and additive ratio valuation, then classified with a recursive neural network (RvNN).
  • Experiments used the HWU-USP dataset (16 participants, 9 ADLs, IMU/ambient/RGBD sensors) and Opportunity++ dataset (12 participants, 17 activities, body-worn IMUs, object sensors, ambient sensors, and video), with 10-fold cross-validation on Matlab using an Intel Core i7 at 2.4 GHz and 24 GB RAM.

Limitations

  • The paper states the system did not perform well for complex motion patterns, such as tidying the kitchen or reading a newspaper.
  • The authors state they intend to add more feature extraction methods and apply pattern recognition over motion and ambient data to identify static and dynamic motion signals before feature extraction, which they say will help improve the system for real-time applications.
  • Evident from the text: although the abstract mentions three benchmarked datasets, the experiments and dataset descriptions use only two datasets, HWU-USP and Opportunity++.

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  • Findingreasoning

    The combination of different feature extraction methods and feature fusion in the proposed system methodology yields improved human skeleton point confidence levels.

    “Major enhancement in the accuracy of locomotion classification with improved human skeleton point confidence levels by applying a combination of different feature extraction methods and feature fusion in the proposed system methodology.”
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    The proposed system's mean accuracy rate of 87.0% is higher than traditional methods proposed in the literature.

    “The mean accuracy rate of 87.0% is higher than the traditional methods proposed in the literature.”
    • Also stated in: § 4.2. Experimental Results · plain
      “An enhanced mean accuracy rate of 87.0% has been achieved through the proposed system when compared to the other conventional models.”
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    • cites [38] Hajjej, 2022, Deep Human Motion Detection and Multi-Features Analysis for Smart Healthcare Learning Tools, IEEE Access source

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    The combination of different feature extraction methods and feature fusion in the proposed system methodology yields major enhancement in accuracy of locomotion classification.

    “Major enhancement in the accuracy of locomotion classification with improved human skeleton point confidence levels by applying a combination of different feature extraction methods and feature fusion in the proposed system methodology.”
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  • Findingown data

    The proposed multimodal IoT-based locomotion classification system achieved an accuracy rate of 87.67% on the HWU-USP dataset.

    “The novel multimodal IoT-based locomotion classification system has achieved an accuracy rate of 87.67% and 86.71% over the HWU-USP and Opportunity++ datasets, respectively.”
    • Also stated in: § 4.2. Experimental Results · plain
      “The mean accuracy achieved for this experiment was 87.67%.”
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    The proposed system did not perform well for complex motion patterns, such as tidying the kitchen or reading a newspaper.

    “The proposed system did not perform well for complex motion patterns, such as tidying the kitchen or reading a newspaper.”
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    Interpretationnone given

    Multimodal fusion of sensors for locomotion prediction can help in creating predictions that are more accurate.

    “This fusion of multi-sensors for locomotion prediction is referred to as the multimodal approach and can help in creating predictions that are more accurate.”
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    Interpretationown data

    The proposed system attained sufficient outcomes due to robust multimodal IoT-based locomotion classification that shows significant improvement in the classification of ADL in terms of accuracy.

    “The proposed system attained sufficient outcomes due to robust multimodal IoT-based locomotion classification that shows significant improvement in the classification of ADL in terms of accuracy.”
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    Prior multimodal systems that did not use visual sensors were limited.

    “However, the system was not able to make use of the visual sensors.”
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    • cites [14] Chavarriaga, 2013, The Opportunity challenge: A benchmark database for on-body sensor-based activity recognition, Pattern Recognit. Lett. source

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    Study design and conductnone given

    A 10-fold cross-validation technique has been used over the dataset for training purposes.

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  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Multimodal IoT-based locomotion classification has helped solve the challenges of motion signal complexity and video processing.

    “The multimodal internet of things (IoT)-based locomotion classification has helped in solving these challenges.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The comparison of the proposed system with conventional methods in Table 5 is fair and uses comparable evaluation conditions.

    “The comparison of our approach with conventional multimodal state-of-the-art techniques is given in Table 5 [38].”
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  • In [167], outcomes from each pre-processor are merged, resulting in reduction of errors stemming from intricate aspects of motion-related challenges.

    “Subsequently, the outcomes from each pre-processor are merged, resulting in a reduction of errors stemming from the intricate aspects of motion-related challenges.”

    From A Survey of Video Surveillance Systems in Smart City (2023) · cites this paper as [167]

    Sections 3.2 and 3.4 describe separate preprocessing of ambient, motion, and visual data, followed by fusion of features extracted from those data—not direct merging of preprocessor outputs. The Conclusions state that the system was proposed to reduce errors caused by motion-related complexities, but do not establish that the fusion itself produced that reduction; they also note poor performance on some complex motions. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • In [167], data gathered from physical motion, ambient, and vision-based sensors undergoes individual pre-processing tailored to each type.

    “In [167], data gathered from physical motion, ambient, and vision-based sensors undergoes individual pre-processing tailored to each type.”

    From A Survey of Video Surveillance Systems in Smart City (2023) · cites this paper as [167]

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    The abstract says the technique uses three benchmarked datasets, but the introduction says two were selected. The paper names and evaluates only HWU-USP and Opportunity++.

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Authors
Javeed, M., Mudawi, N. A., Alabduallah, B. I., Jalal, A., & Kim, W.
Affiliations
  • Air University (PK)
  • Najran University (SA)
  • Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (SA)
  • Gachon University (KR)
Corresponding author
Kim, Wooseong
Venue
Sensors
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2023-05-12
Volume
23
Issue
10
Pages
4716
ISSN
1424-8220 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4376274976
Cited by
18
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4
FWCI
1.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Sensors (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Deanship of Scientific Research at Najran University (NU/RG/SERC/12/40, PNURSP2023R440, G21S2861919)
  • Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project (NU/RG/SERC/12/40, PNURSP2023R440, G21S2861919)
  • Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS, Korea) (NU/RG/SERC/12/40, PNURSP2023R440, G21S2861919)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Gait Recognition and Analysis
Keywords
multimodal fusion, Internet of Things, activities of daily living, wearable sensors, feature engineering, recursive neural networks, environmental sensing, elderly care, Opportunity dataset

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