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. 2020 May 9;20(9):2702. doi: 10.3390/s20092702

Table 2.

Useful activity in Human Activity Recognition.

# Activity’ Name Description
1 Make a phone call [74] The participant moves to the phone in the dining room, looks up a specific number in the phone book, dials the number, and listens to the message.
2 Wash hands [74] The participant moves into the kitchen sink and washes his/her hands in the sink, using hand soap and drying their hands with a paper towel.
3 Cook [74] The participant cooks using a pot.
4 Eat [74] The participant goes to the dining room and eats the food.
5 Clean [74] The participant takes all the dishes to the sink and cleans them with water and dish soap in the kitchen.
6 Fill medication dispenser [32] The participant retrieves a pill dispenser and bottle of pills.
7 Watch DVD [32] The participant moves to the living room, puts a DVD in the player, and watches a news clip on TV.
8 Water plants [32] The participant retrieves a watering can from the kitchen supply closet and waters three plants.
9 Answer the phone [32] The phone rings, and the participant answer it.
10 Prepare birthday card [32] The participant fills out a birthday card with a check to a friend and addresses the envelope.
11 Prepare soup [32] The participant moves to the kitchen and prepares a cup of noodle soup in the microwave.
12 Choose outfit [32] The participant selects an outfit from the clothes closet that their friend will wear for a job interview.
13 Hang up clothes in the hallway closet [75] The clothes are laid out on the couch in the living room.
14 Move the couch and coffee table to the other side of the living room [75] Request help from another person in multioccupancy experimentation.
15 Sit on the couch and read a magazine [75] The participant sits down in the living room and reads a magazine.
16 Sweep the kitchen floor [75] Sweep the kitchen floor using the broom and dustpan located in the kitchen closet.
17 Play a game [75] Play a game of checkers for a maximum of five minutes in a multioccupancy context.
18 Simulate paying an electric bill [75] Retrieve a check, a pen, and an envelope from the cupboard underneath the television in the living room.
19 Walking [76] Using body sensors, define if the participant is performing the walking action.
20 Sitting [76] Using body sensors, define if the participant is performing the sitting action.
21 Sleeping [76] Using body sensors, define if the participant is performing the sleeping action.
22 Using a computer [76] The participant is in the position of use of the computer for a certain time.
23 Showering [76] Detection of environmental sensors of the participant’s stay in the shower.
24 Toileting [76] Detection of environmental sensors of the participant’s stay in the bathroom.
25 Oral hygiene [76] Using the object and body sensors, the oral hygiene action is identified.
26 Making Coffee [76] Detection of objects and environmental sensors of the action of making coffee by the participant.
27 Walking upstairs [76] The participant performs the action of climbing the stairs, being detected by the body sensors.
28 Walking down stairs [76] The participant performs the action of going down the stairs, being detected by the body sensors.