EarFieldSensing A Novel In-Ear Electric Field Sensing to Enrich Wearable Gesture Input through Facial Expressions

DJC Matthies, BA Strecker, B Urban - … of the 2017 CHI Conference on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
DJC Matthies, BA Strecker, B Urban
Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2017dl.acm.org
EarFieldSensing (EarFS) is a novel input method for mobile and wearable computing using
facial expressions. Facial muscle movements induce both electric field changes and
physical deformations, which are detectable with electrodes placed inside the ear canal. The
chosen ear-plug form factor is rather unobtrusive and allows for facial gesture recognition
while utilizing the close proximity to the face. We collected 25 facial-related gestures and
used them to compare the performance levels of several electric sensing technologies …
EarFieldSensing (EarFS) is a novel input method for mobile and wearable computing using facial expressions. Facial muscle movements induce both electric field changes and physical deformations, which are detectable with electrodes placed inside the ear canal. The chosen ear-plug form factor is rather unobtrusive and allows for facial gesture recognition while utilizing the close proximity to the face. We collected 25 facial-related gestures and used them to compare the performance levels of several electric sensing technologies (EMG, CS, EFS, EarFS) with varying electrode setups. Our developed wearable fine-tuned electric field sensing employs differential amplification to effectively cancel out environmental noise while still being sensitive towards small facial-movement-related electric field changes and artifacts from ear canal deformations. By comparing a mobile with a stationary scenario, we found that EarFS continues to perform better in a mobile scenario. Quantitative results show EarFS to be capable of detecting a set of 5 facial gestures with a precision of 90% while sitting and 85.2% while walking. We provide detailed instructions to enable replication of our low-cost sensing device. Applying it to different positions of our body will also allow to sense a variety of other gestures and activities.
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