Topological Data Analysis and Statistical Learning for measuring pedestrian activities from inertial sensors
Bertrand Beaufils · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2020
This thesis focuses on the detection of specific movements using ActiMyo, a device developed by the company Sysnav. This system is composed by low-cost miniature inertial sensors that can be worn on the ankle and wrist. In particular, a supervised statistical learning approach aims to detect strides in ankle recordings. This first work, combined with an algorithm patented by Sysnav, allows to compute the trajectory of the pedestrian. This trajectory is then used in a new supervised learning method for the activity recognition, which is valuable information, especially in a medical context. These two algorithms offer an innovative approach based on the alignment of inertial signals and the extraction of candidate intervals which are then classified by the Gradient Boosting Trees algorithm. This thesis also presents a neural network architecture combining convolutional channels and topological data analysis for the detection of movements representative of Parkinson’s disease such as tremors and dyskinesia crises.