Development of a novel pedometer for ultra-low speed walking
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26350855
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Tsukuba International University (2016-2017)
Osaka Electro-Communication University (2014-2015) |
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Principal Investigator |
Sekine Masaki つくば国際大学, 医療保健学部, 教授(移行) (50373494)
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| Research Collaborator |
YOSHIMURA Takumi
AKAY Metin
HIGASHI Yuji
TSUJI Miwa
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Keywords | 歩数計 / 角速度センサ / 高齢者 / 角速度 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Most of the commercially available pedometers are not able to count steps accurately for ultra-low speed walking or irregular walking that are seen in elderly. In this study, we attempted to propose a novel step counting algorithm based on a gyroscope output and to develop a novel pedometer dealing with ultra-low speed walking. The algorithm and the pedometer had the average error rates of step counts were less than 10% for walking at less than 2 km/h. This suggests that a gyroscope is useful for step counting when subject walks at ultra-low speed.
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