Privacy-Preserving Sensor-Based Human Activity Recognition for Low-Resource Healthcare Using Classical Machine Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22265v1
• Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:35:02 GMT
• Title: Privacy-Preserving Sensor-Based Human Activity Recognition for Low-Resource Healthcare Using Classical Machine Learning
• Authors: Ramakant Kumar, Pravin Kumar,
• Abstract summary: Limited access to medical infrastructure forces elderly and vulnerable patients to rely on home-based care.<n>We propose a low-cost and automated human activity recognition framework based on wearable inertial sensors and machine learning.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Limited access to medical infrastructure forces elderly and vulnerable patients to rely on home-based care, often leading to neglect and poor adherence to therapeutic exercises such as yoga or physiotherapy. To address this gap, we propose a low-cost and automated human activity recognition (HAR) framework based on wearable inertial sensors and machine learning. Activity data, including walking, walking upstairs, walking downstairs, sitting, standing, and lying, were collected using accelerometer and gyroscope measurements. Four classical classifiers, Logistic Regression, Random Forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM), and k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN), were evaluated and compared with the proposed Support Tensor Machine (STM). Experimental results show that SVM achieved an accuracy of 93.33 percent, while Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and k-NN achieved 91.11 percent. In contrast, STM significantly outperformed these models, achieving a test accuracy of 96.67 percent and the highest cross-validation accuracy of 98.50 percent. Unlike conventional methods, STM leverages tensor representations to preserve spatio-temporal motion dynamics, resulting in robust classification across diverse activities. The proposed framework demonstrates strong potential for remote healthcare, elderly assistance, child activity monitoring, yoga feedback, and smart home wellness, offering a scalable solution for low-resource and rural healthcare settings.

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