watchHAR: A Smartwatch IMU dataset for Activities of Daily Living

# watchHAR: A Smartwatch IMU dataset for Activities of Daily Living

This is a dataset of IMU recordings (3-axial acceleration, 3-axial gyroscope, and 3-axial magnetometer) recorded with Sony Smartwatch 3, along with ground truth location data from a vicon motion capture system. Smartwatch IMU and vicon location data exist for the users' left and right hands, as well as vicon location data from their left and right ankles.

The recoded data cover the following `activity_id`s:
* `brushing_teeth`
* `idle`
* `preparing_sandwich`
* `reading_book`
* `typing`
* `using_phone`
* `using_remote_control`
* `walking_freely`
* `walking_holding_a_tray`
* `walking_with_handbag`
* `walking_with_hands_in_pockets`
* `walking_with_object_underarm`
* `washing_face_and_hands`
* `washing_mug`
* `washing_plate`
* `writing`,

all of which were recorded in the same room, across the span of several days. In addition to these activities, walking stairs up and down (`activity_id`s `stairs_up` and `stairs_down`) events were recorded in various different locations. Note that for these stairs events only Smartwatch IMU recordings exist, and only from the dominant hand of the participants, which coincided with the right hand in all cases.

The data are organised in the following folder structure:
`user_id/activity_id/recording_type.csv`. Stair events are a special case in that multiple up/down stair recordings can exist for a single user. These are separated like the following example
```
`user_01/stairs_down-02/smartwatch_right_hand.csv`
```
that points to  the IMU data of the second `stairs_down` recording of the first user.

Finally, note that all timestamps refer to a UTC timezone, and that data collection took place in the United Kingdom.