Orient-2: a realtime wireless posture tracking system using local orientation estimation

  • Authors:
  • A. D. Young;M. J. Ling;D. K. Arvind

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom;University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom;University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 4th workshop on Embedded networked sensors
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

A realtime posture tracking system has been developed using a network of compact wireless sensor devices worn by the user. Each device is a complete inertial/magnetic tracking unit which performs in situ orientation estimation based on its own sensor readings, using a complementary quaternion-based filter. Compared to existing systems which transmit raw sensor data to a PC for processing, it is shown that this technique reduces bandwidth requirements by 79% for typical usage. In combination with a time division multiple access scheme, this reduction allows for full-body tracking using 15 devices at a 64Hz update rate through a single 250kbps receiver. The data is applied to a rigid body model of the subject to provide a realtime display, and can be exported for use in major animation packages.