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Proposal of a Validation Protocol for Wearable Systems Reliability Assessment

Authors:
Giuseppe Andreoni
Paolo Perego
Marcello Fasco
Martina Caramenti
Fabio Rastelli
Claudio Lafortuna

Keywords: wearable systems; validation protocol; reliability; accuracy; real life testing.

Abstract:
This paper describes the proposal of a validation procedure to assess the reliability of wearables systems. According to the two main categories of devices we have defined an integrated experimental protocol composed by two parts: the first one applies to sensorized garments or similar devices (also including belts or patches) while the second part is dedicated to body worn activity trackers like smart bracelets or smart watches, belt-worn devices, sensors embedded in necklace or other garment accessories. This protocol applied a sequence of real life activities and posture changes to be properly identified in value and in time. It has been applied to the case study of the sensors developed and used in the frame of the Pegaso Fit 4 Future EU project. This test has demonstrated the protocol feasibility, applicability, easy to use and easy data processing and its sensitivity. We are adopting this protocol as standard procedure in any further study regarding the reliability assessment of wearable devices.

Pages: 129 to 134

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: March 19, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-540-1

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from March 19, 2017 to March 23, 2017