TxP: Reciprocal Generation of Ground Pressure Dynamics and Activity Descriptions for Improving Human Activity Recognition

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Main Authors: Ray, Lala Shakti Swarup, Krupp, Lars, Rey, Vitor Fortes, Zhou, Bo, Suh, Sungho, Lukowicz, Paul
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author Ray, Lala Shakti Swarup
Krupp, Lars
Rey, Vitor Fortes
Zhou, Bo
Suh, Sungho
Lukowicz, Paul
author_facet Ray, Lala Shakti Swarup
Krupp, Lars
Rey, Vitor Fortes
Zhou, Bo
Suh, Sungho
Lukowicz, Paul
contents Sensor-based human activity recognition (HAR) has predominantly focused on Inertial Measurement Units and vision data, often overlooking the capabilities unique to pressure sensors, which capture subtle body dynamics and shifts in the center of mass. Despite their potential for postural and balance-based activities, pressure sensors remain underutilized in the HAR domain due to limited datasets. To bridge this gap, we propose to exploit generative foundation models with pressure-specific HAR techniques. Specifically, we present a bidirectional Text$\times$Pressure model that uses generative foundation models to interpret pressure data as natural language. TxP accomplishes two tasks: (1) Text2Pressure, converting activity text descriptions into pressure sequences, and (2) Pressure2Text, generating activity descriptions and classifications from dynamic pressure maps. Leveraging pre-trained models like CLIP and LLaMA 2 13B Chat, TxP is trained on our synthetic PressLang dataset, containing over 81,100 text-pressure pairs. Validated on real-world data for activities such as yoga and daily tasks, TxP provides novel approaches to data augmentation and classification grounded in atomic actions. This consequently improved HAR performance by up to 12.4\% in macro F1 score compared to the state-of-the-art, advancing pressure-based HAR with broader applications and deeper insights into human movement.
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spellingShingle TxP: Reciprocal Generation of Ground Pressure Dynamics and Activity Descriptions for Improving Human Activity Recognition
Ray, Lala Shakti Swarup
Krupp, Lars
Rey, Vitor Fortes
Zhou, Bo
Suh, Sungho
Lukowicz, Paul
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Sensor-based human activity recognition (HAR) has predominantly focused on Inertial Measurement Units and vision data, often overlooking the capabilities unique to pressure sensors, which capture subtle body dynamics and shifts in the center of mass. Despite their potential for postural and balance-based activities, pressure sensors remain underutilized in the HAR domain due to limited datasets. To bridge this gap, we propose to exploit generative foundation models with pressure-specific HAR techniques. Specifically, we present a bidirectional Text$\times$Pressure model that uses generative foundation models to interpret pressure data as natural language. TxP accomplishes two tasks: (1) Text2Pressure, converting activity text descriptions into pressure sequences, and (2) Pressure2Text, generating activity descriptions and classifications from dynamic pressure maps. Leveraging pre-trained models like CLIP and LLaMA 2 13B Chat, TxP is trained on our synthetic PressLang dataset, containing over 81,100 text-pressure pairs. Validated on real-world data for activities such as yoga and daily tasks, TxP provides novel approaches to data augmentation and classification grounded in atomic actions. This consequently improved HAR performance by up to 12.4\% in macro F1 score compared to the state-of-the-art, advancing pressure-based HAR with broader applications and deeper insights into human movement.
title TxP: Reciprocal Generation of Ground Pressure Dynamics and Activity Descriptions for Improving Human Activity Recognition
topic Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02052