Katherine D. Walker

Works (4)

Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:37

2020 article

Preliminary Evaluation of a Wearable Sensor System for Heart Rate Assessment in Guide Dog Puppies

Foster, M., Brugarolas, R., Walker, K., Mealin, S., Cleghern, Z., Yuschak, S., … Bozkurt, A. (2020, April 6). IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 20, pp. 9449–9459.

By: M. Foster n , R. Brugarolas n, K. Walker n, S. Mealin n, Z. Cleghern n, S. Yuschak n, J. Clark n, D. Adin n ...

author keywords: ECG; heart rate variability; electrodes; machine learning; 3D printing; wearable
topics (OpenAlex): Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments; Human-Animal Interaction Studies; Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
TL;DR: A novel wireless heart rate sensing system for puppies in training as guide dogs that includes a harness with on-board electrocardiography front-end circuit, inertial measurement unit and a micro-computer with wireless capability is developed. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 10, 2020

2016 article

Balancing noise sensitivity, response latency, and posture accuracy for a computer-assisted canine posture training system

Majikes, J., Brugarolas, R., Winters, M., Yuschak, S., Mealin, S., Walker, K., … Roberts, D. L. (2016, April 30). International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Vol. 98, pp. 179–195.

By: J. Majikes n, R. Brugarolas n, M. Winters n, S. Yuschak n, S. Mealin n, K. Walker n, P. Yang n, B. Sherman n, A. Bozkurt n , D. Roberts n

author keywords: Animal-computer interaction; Classification algorithm; Machine learning; Random Forest; Wearable technology
topics (OpenAlex): Human-Animal Interaction Studies; Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies; Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
TL;DR: Results indicate that with proper parameter tuning, the system can successfully capture and reinforce postures to provide computer-assisted training of dogs and to provide a model for future ACI technologies. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2016 article

Smart connected canines: IoT design considerations for the lab, home, and mission-critical environments

Majikes, J. J., Mealin, S., Rita, N., Brugarolas, N., Walker, K., Yuschak, S., … Roberts, D. L. (2016, September 1). 2016 Ieee 37th Sarnoff Symposium, pp. 118–123.

By: J. Majikes n, S. Mealin n, N. Rita n, N. Brugarolas n, K. Walker n, S. Yuschak n, B. Sherman n, A. Bozkurt n , D. Roberts n

topics (OpenAlex): Human-Animal Interaction Studies; Social Robot Interaction and HRI; Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
TL;DR: This paper summarizes three example canine-human systems presented earlier along with their Ion data characteristics and design criteria in order to explore how smart connected canines can improve the authors' lives, the future of smartconnected canines, and the requirements on IoT technologies to facilitate this future. (via Semantic Scholar)
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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2015 article

Textile sensor system for electrocardiogram monitoring

Gonzales, L., Walker, K., Keller, K., Beckman, D., Goodell, H., Wright, G., … Gupta, R. (2015, March 1). 2015 Virtual Conference on Application of Commercial Sensors.

By: L. Gonzales, K. Walker*, K. Keller, D. Beckman, H. Goodell*, G. Wright n, C. Rhone n, A. Emery  n, R. Gupta* 

topics (OpenAlex): ECG Monitoring and Analysis; Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring; Wireless Body Area Networks
TL;DR: A Bluetooth-based, dry electrode electrocardiogram monitoring system seamlessly integrated into a T-shirt that used three dry silver-based electrodes to collect the ECG signal and streamed the resulting signal to an Android smartphone for analysis. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

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