Development of Occupant Pose Classification Model Using Deep Neural Network for Personalized Thermal Conditioning

Eun Ji Choi, Yongseok Yoo, Bo Rang Park, Young Jae Choi and Jin Woo Moon
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Eun Ji Choi: School of Architecture and Building Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
Yongseok Yoo: Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea
Bo Rang Park: School of Architecture and Building Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
Young Jae Choi: School of Architecture and Building Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
Jin Woo Moon: School of Architecture and Building Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea

Energies, 2019, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: This study aims to propose a pose classification model using indoor occupant images. For developing the intelligent and automated model, a deep learning neural network was employed. Indoor posture images and joint coordinate data were collected and used to conduct the training and optimization of the model. The output of the trained model is the occupant pose of the sedentary activities in the indoor space. The performance of the developed model was evaluated for two different indoor environments: home and office. Using the metabolic rates corresponding to the classified poses, the model accuracy was compared with that of the conventional method, which considered the fixed activity. The result showed that the accuracy was improved by as much as 73.96% and 55.26% in home and office, respectively. Thus, the potential of the pose classification model was verified for providing a more comfortable and personalized thermal environment to the occupant.

Keywords: thermal environment; pose classification; deep neural network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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