MoveHN-A database to support the development of motion based biosignal processing systems

In the field of signal processing, pattern recognition and also modeling and simulation, it is often necessary to use large data sets. These allow reliable, independent and test case spanning development of algorithms or even of complete systems. The data is usually taken from existing data sets such as TIMIT for speech recognition and processing or EPILEPSIAE to develop algorithms for epileptic seizure prediction, to give just two examples. Apart from the fact that some of these databases imply a considerable cost factor and thus are not accessible to all research groups, even greater problems arise if no data is available at all. In the field of speech recognition, this problem was solved more or less by creating databases. In the area of biosignal processing with a focus on the functionalization of furniture for care and clinical facilities, there is still a need for large data sets. This was also the case with biomechanical modeling of functionalized furniture, since up to now none or few data on the human movement sequences were available. In order to overcome this deficiency, the following paper presents a new database of motion patterns, which is intended to support the development of algorithms for motion detection as well as modeling biosignal processing. The database can be used and downloaded by any interested researcher for free.