Sensing and Monitoring Professional Skiers

  • Authors:
  • Florian Michahelles;Bernt Schiele

  • Affiliations:
  • ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology);Darmstadt University of Technology

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Wearable sensors can enhance the relationship between professional downhill skiers and their trainers by revealing information about the athlete's motions--such as force, rotation, or acceleration--that are difficult or impossible for the trainer to observe or quantify. Visualization software lets users visualize and synchronize a recorded video with the wearable-sensor data. The authors ran several real-world tests using a prototype system and interviewed ski trainers about their impressions and suggestions for improving the system. This article is part of a special issue on pervasive computing in sports.