Abstract
Monitoring of human eating behaviour has been attracting interest over the last few years, as a means to a healthy lifestyle, but also due to its association with serious health conditions, such as eating disorders and obesity. Use of self-reports and other non-automated means of monitoring have been found to be unreliable, compared to the use of wearable sensors. Various modalities have been reported, such as acoustic signal from ear-worn microphones, or signal from wearable strain sensors. In this work, we introduce a new sensor for the task of chewing detection, based on a novel photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor placed on the outer earlobe to perform the task. We also present a processing pipeline that includes two chewing detection algorithms from literature and one new algorithm, to process the captured PPG signal, and present their effectiveness. Experiments are performed on an annotated dataset recorded from 21 individuals, including more than 10 hours of eating and non-eating activities. Results show that the PPG sensor can be successfully used to support dietary monitoring.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 6485-6488 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781457702204 |
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Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016 - Orlando, United States Duration: 16 Aug 2016 → 20 Aug 2016 |
Conference
Conference | 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Orlando |
Period | 16/08/16 → 20/08/16 |