Download the Android smart phone application AvocadoAC. 340k You will need to allow installation of non-Market applications on the Settings/Applications menu on your handset. Aim To continuously measure physical activity, classify activity by type and quantify activity intensity using the sensors of a smart phone. Once known sports training activities are detected the specialist application Google MyTracks is invoked to record and analyse activities in more detail. This information can be used to:
Background The smart phone is an attractive platform for context-awareness because:
Challenges Battery life can not be significantly impacted. Mobile phones are carried and used in a variety of ways. Different
model Android phones have different functionality. In particular some
models disable the accelerometer when the screen is off. Therefore AvocadoAC will fail on some devices. See the list of tested handphones Further Information This work was presented at the 5th Asia-Pacific Congress on Sports Technology. Get the presentation. Ken Taylor, U. A. Abdulla, R. J. N. Helmer, J. Lee, and I. Blanchonette. Activity classification with smart phones for sports activities. In APCST 2011: 5th Asia-Pacific Congress on Sports Technology, Procedia Engineering. RMIT University, Elsevier, August 2011. 162k View Download
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