Research Article

ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY

Volume: 14 Number: 3 September 25, 2026
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ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY

Abstract

This study examines traditional and advanced Kalman filter methods for signal filtering and estimation. Synthetic sinusoidal data were first used, followed by human activity signals. Initially, the filtering performances of the standard Kalman Filter (KF), Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), and Bayesian-Optimized Kalman Filter (Bayes-KF) with automatically tuned parameters were investigated on synthetic signals. Human activity signals were estimated using acceleration data from the UCI's Human Activity Recognition (HAR) dataset. In terms of prediction accuracy, the Bayesian-KF approach outperformed the traditional KF, EKF, and UKF methods by improving the filter parameters (Q and R). Mean Square Error (MSE), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) indicators were used to evaluate the performance of each approach. The Bayesian-KF method produced the lowest prediction error, with a value of 5.0996 x 10-5 based on the MSE metric. The comparative study demonstrates that Bayesian-KF is a reliable method for both synthetic and real-world human activity signals. Therefore, it is particularly useful in applications requiring motion analysis and sensor data processing.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Signal Processing, Control Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 25, 2026

Submission Date

November 6, 2025

Acceptance Date

July 29, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 14 Number: 3

APA
Taş, G., Kaymak, Ç., & Ölmez, Y. (2026). ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi, 14(3), 650-663. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.1814244
AMA
1.Taş G, Kaymak Ç, Ölmez Y. ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY. JESD. 2026;14(3):650-663. doi:10.21923/jesd.1814244
Chicago
Taş, Göksu, Çağrı Kaymak, and Yağmur Ölmez. 2026. “ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY”. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi 14 (3): 650-63. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.1814244.
EndNote
Taş G, Kaymak Ç, Ölmez Y (September 1, 2026) ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY. Mühendislik Bilimleri ve Tasarım Dergisi 14 3 650–663.
IEEE
[1]G. Taş, Ç. Kaymak, and Y. Ölmez, “ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY”, JESD, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 650–663, Sept. 2026, doi: 10.21923/jesd.1814244.
ISNAD
Taş, Göksu - Kaymak, Çağrı - Ölmez, Yağmur. “ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY”. Mühendislik Bilimleri ve Tasarım Dergisi 14/3 (September 1, 2026): 650-663. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.1814244.
JAMA
1.Taş G, Kaymak Ç, Ölmez Y. ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY. JESD. 2026;14:650–663.
MLA
Taş, Göksu, et al. “ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY”. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 3, Sept. 2026, pp. 650-63, doi:10.21923/jesd.1814244.
Vancouver
1.Göksu Taş, Çağrı Kaymak, Yağmur Ölmez. ADVANCED WEARABLE SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING: OPTIMIZED KALMAN FILTER FOR RECOGNITION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY. JESD. 2026 Sep. 1;14(3):650-63. doi:10.21923/jesd.1814244

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