Date of Award

2018

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Engineering

Department

Washkewicz College of Engineering

First Advisor

Zhao, Wenbing

Subject Headings

Human motion tracking, Kinect sensor, rule-based algorithm, real-time feedback

Abstract

The objective of this dissertation research is to use Kinect sensor, a motion sensing input device, to develop an integrated software system that can be used for tracking non-compliant activity postures of consented health-care workers for assisting the workers' compliance to best practices, allowing individualized gestures for privacy-aware user registration, movement recognition using rule-based algorithm, real-time feedback, and exercises data collection. The research work also includes developing a graphical user interface and data visualization program for illustrating statistical information for administrator, as well as utilizing cloud based database system used for data resource.

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