Multi-feature gait recognition with DNN based on sEMG signals

This study proposed a gait recognition method based on the deep neural network of surface electromyography (sEMG) signals to improve the stability and accuracy of gait recognition using sEMG signals of the lower limbs. First, we determined the parameters of time domain features, including the mean of absolute value, root mean square, waveform length, the number of zero-crossing points of the sEMG signals after noise elimination, and the frequency domain features, including mean power frequency and median frequency. Second, the time domain feature and frequency domain feature were combined into a multi-feature combination. Then, the classifier was trained and used for gait recognition. Finally, in terms of the recognition rate, the classifier was compared with the support vector machine (SVM) and extreme learning machine (ELM). The results showed the method of deep neural network (DNN) had a better recognition rate than that of SVM and ELM. The experimental results of the participants indicated that the average recognition rate obtained with the method of DNN exceeded 95%. On the other hand, from the statistical results of standard deviation, the difference between subjects ranged from 0.46 to 0.94%, which also proved the robustness and stability of the proposed method. Keywords: gait recognition; multi-feature fusion; deep neural network (DNN); robustness and stability