Can Ensemble Deep Learning Identify People by Their Gait Using Data Collected from Multi-Modal Sensors in Their Insole?

Sensors (Basel). 2020 Jul 18;20(14):4001. doi: 10.3390/s20144001.

Abstract

Gait is a characteristic that has been utilized for identifying individuals. As human gait information is now able to be captured by several types of devices, many studies have proposed biometric identification methods using gait information. As research continues, the performance of this technology in terms of identification accuracy has been improved by gathering information from multi-modal sensors. However, in past studies, gait information was collected using ancillary devices while the identification accuracy was not high enough for biometric identification. In this study, we propose a deep learning-based biometric model to identify people by their gait information collected through a wearable device, namely an insole. The identification accuracy of the proposed model when utilizing multi-modal sensing is over 99%.

Keywords: deep learning; gait analysis; multi-modality; user identification; wearable sensors.

MeSH terms

  • Biometric Identification*
  • Biometry
  • Deep Learning*
  • Gait Analysis*
  • Humans
  • Shoes*
  • Wearable Electronic Devices*