Hello people, Given acceleration data in Gs (9.8m/s^2) in world's coordinate, we should be able to determine distance traveled by subjects. However, a considerable amount of samples tell me that the subjects were moving at 12~20 m/s at then end of the walking phase. That is faster than Usain Bolt.... :( This seems to attribute to the fact that some samples have systematically biased acceleration values in the direction of movement. I know that the iphone accelerometer and gyroscope are suppose to be noisy, but I am surprised by 100-200 m offset that I sometimes get. Does the testing app calibrate accelerometers before testing? Also, is anybody else observing the same trend? Nao

Created by Naozumi Hiranuma nhiranuma
Hi Nao: Yes, indeed we have observed that the their is significant bias and noise in the sensors. We attempted to use dead reckoning early on and discovered that some participants had developed the ability to fly. I would be careful to use the data like this.

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