Pedometer Development Utilizing an Accelerometer Sensor

This paper develops a pedometer with a three-axis acceleration sensor that can be placed with any angle. The proposed pedometer measures the number of steps while users walk, jog or run. It can be worn on users’ waistband or placed within pocket or backpack. The work address to improve on the general pedometers, which can only be used in a single direction or can only count of steps without the continuous exercise judgment mechanism. Finally, experimental results confirm the superior performance of the proposed pedometer.

• Ling-Mei Wu
• Jia-Shing Sheu
• Wei-Cian Jheng
• Ying-Tung Hsiao

• Accelerometer sensor
• Angle estimation
• Pedometer.

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