A Kinect-based system for promoting healthier living at home

In this paper, we present a novel system designed to promote healthy living at home. The system integrates Microsoft Kinect and wearable devices such as smart watches and fitness bands to enable selective tracking of user activities at the home setting. The objective of the system is to continuously monitor each user and detect bad postures that could increase the risk of back injuries, and prolonged sedentary bouts that are not conducive for a healthy lifestyle. The wearable device to be worn by each user also delivers realtime feedback to the user on detection of bad postures or inactivities. Furthermore, activities data are logged for each individual at a home server and can be assessed via mobile devices or regular Web browsers.