Human Activity Monitor

You can access and record human activity data from various sensors and recorders on the device.

This feature is supported in mobile and wearable applications only.

The main features of the Human Activity Monitor API include:

Prerequisites

To use the Human Activity Monitor API (in mobile and wearable applications), the application has to request permission by adding the following privileges to the config.xml file:

<tizen:privilege name="http://tizen.org/privilege/healthinfo"/>
<tizen:privilege name="http://tizen.org/privilege/location"/>

Retrieving Data

Enabling the monitor and retrieving data is a basic Human Activity Monitor (HAM) management skill:

  1. Check whether a sensor is supported using the tizen.systeminfo.getCapability() method to get the appropriate capability.

  2. To enable the monitor and start collecting data, use the start() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface (in mobile and wearable applications):

    var counter = 0;
    
    function onchangedCB(hrmInfo) {
        console.log('Heart Rate: ' + hrmInfo.heartRate);
        console.log('Peak-to-peak interval: ' + hrmInfo.rRInterval + ' milliseconds');
    
        counter++;
        if (counter > 10) {
            /* Stop the sensor after detecting a few changes */
            tizen.humanactivitymonitor.stop('HRM');
        }
    }
    
    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.start('HRM', onchangedCB);
    
  3. When the heart rate monitor (HRM) is enabled, you can get the current data using the getHumanActivityData() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface:

    function onsuccessCB(hrmInfo) {
        console.log('Heart rate: ' + hrmInfo.heartRate);
    }
    
    function onerrorCB(error) {
        console.log('Error occurred: ' + error.message);
    }
    
    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.getHumanActivityData('HRM', onsuccessCB, onerrorCB);
    
  4. If the requested HumanActivityType type is PEDOMETER then getHumanActivityData() provides the HumanActivityPedometerData object. This object not only includes data gathered since the call of the start() method, but also the data gathered since the device boot:

    function onsuccessCB(pedometerData) {
        console.log('Steps made since start: ' + pedometerData.cumulativeTotalStepCount);
        console.log('Steps made since device boot: ' + pedometerData.accumulativeTotalStepCount);
    }
    
    function onerrorCB(error) {
        console.log('Error occurred: ' + error.message);
    }
    
    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.getHumanActivityData('PEDOMETER', onsuccessCB, onerrorCB);
    
  5. To disable HAM when it is no longer required, use the stop() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface:

    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.stop('HRM');
    

Managing Data Recording

The Human Activity Monitor API allows you to record and retrieve saved sensor data:

  1. To check whether a sensor is supported, use the getCapability() method of the SystemInfo interface (in mobile and wearable applications):

    if (tizen.systeminfo.getCapability('http://tizen.org/feature/sensor.barometer') === false) {
        console.log('PRESSURE is not supported on this device.');
    
        return;
    }
    
  2. To enable data recording, use the startRecorder() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface (in mobile and wearable applications). Optionally, you can also define an interval and period for the data recording.

    var type = 'PRESSURE';
    
    var options = {
        retentionPeriod: 1 /* 1 hour */
    }
    
    try {
        tizen.humanactivitymonitor.startRecorder(type, options);
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(err.name + ': ' + err.message);
    }
    

    To stop recording sensor data, use the stopRecorder() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface:

    try {
        tizen.humanactivitymonitor.stopRecorder('PRESSURE');
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(err.name + ': ' + err.message);
    }
    
  3. Before retrieving data, you can specify a time period to be retrieved using the startTime and endTime options in the HumanActivityRecorderQuery interface (in mobile and wearable applications):

    /* To retrieve data from July 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016 */
    var query = {};
    query['startTime'] = (new Date(2016, 7, 1)).getTime() / 1000;
    query['endTime'] = (new Date(2016, 7, 31)).getTime() / 1000;
    
  4. To get the data sliced by an interval, you can use a combination of the anchorTime and interval options in the HumanActivityRecorderQuery interface.

    Some human activity recorder types do not allow slicing the data by an interval.

    /* To retrieve data everyday at midnight */
    /* Time is 0:00 internally */
    query['anchorTime'] = (new Date(2016, 7, 1, 0, 0)).getTime() / 1000;
    query['interval'] = 1440; /* Day */
    
  5. To read the human activity recorder data from the database, use the readRecorderData() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface with the query.

    Even if your application never recorded any data, you can access any data that has been recorded in the database by other applications.

    function onerror(error) {
        console.log(error.name + ': ' + error.message);
    }
    
    function onread(data) {
        for (var idx = 0; idx < data.length; ++idx) {
            console.log('average pressure: ' + data[idx].average);
        }
    }
    
    var type = 'PRESSURE';
    
    try {
        tizen.humanactivitymonitor.readRecorderData(type, query, onread, onerror);
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error.name + ': ' + error.message);
    }
    

Using User-defined Intervals

The Human Activity Monitor API allows the user to select their own intervals for collecting samples in a specified range using the HumanActivityMonitorOption interface (in mobile and wearable applications). Such functionality can be used to build more power-efficient data collection applications (the less often the device gathers data, the less energy is used). You can change the interval according to the device state, for example, when the display is switched off, the sampling interval can be decreased.

  1. If a human activity type allows setting the interval at which data is sent to the application or setting the sampling interval, the last parameter of the start() method can be used to specify this information:

    var myCallbackInterval = 240000;
    var mySampleInterval = 10000;
    
    function onchangedCB(gpsInfo) {
        console.log('this callback is called every ' + myCallbackInterval + ' milliseconds');
        console.log('the gpsInfo includes the GPS information that is collected every ' +
                   mySampleInterval + ' milliseconds');
    }
    
    function onerrorCB(error) {
        console.log('Error occurred. Name:' + error.name + ', message: ' + error.message);
    }
    
    var option = {
        'callbackInterval': myCallbackInterval,
        'sampleInterval': mySampleInterval
    };
    
    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.start('GPS', onchangedCB, onerrorCB, option);
    
  2. When the heart-rate monitor (HRM) is enabled, you can get the current data using the getHumanActivityData() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface:

    function onsuccessCB(hrmInfo) {
        console.log('Heart rate: ' + hrmInfo.heartRate);
    }
    function onerrorCB(error) {
        console.log('Error occurred: ' + error.message);
    }
    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.getHumanActivityData('HRM', onsuccessCB, onerrorCB);
    
  3. To disable HAM when it is no longer required, use the stop() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface:

    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.stop('HRM');
    

Receiving Notifications on Pedometer Data Changes

Learning how to register a listener for accumulative allows you to monitor the step count maintained by the system without enabling the Pedometer sensor and the PEDOMETER monitor is a basic Human Activity Monitor (HAM) management skill:

  1. To register an event handler for accumulative pedometer changes, use the setAccumulativePedometerListener() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface (in mobile and wearable applications):

    function onchangedCB(pedometerInfo) {
        console.log('Step status: ' + pedometerInfo.stepStatus);
        console.log('Speed: ' + pedometerInfo.speed);
        console.log('Walking frequency: ' + pedometerInfo.walkingFrequency);
        /* Deregisters a previously registered listener */
        tizen.humanactivitymonitor.unsetAccumulativePedometerListener();
    }
    
    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.setAccumulativePedometerListener(onchangedCB);
    
  2. To stop receiving notifications about the accumulative pedometer changes, use the unsetAccumulativePedometerListener() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface:

    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.unsetAccumulativePedometerListener();
    

Monitoring Sleep

Learning how to monitor user’s sleep is a basic Human Activity Monitor (HAM) management skill:

  1. To enable the monitor and start collecting data, use the start() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface (in mobile and wearable applications):

    function onchangedCB(sleepInfo) {
        console.log('Sleep status: ' + sleepInfo.status);
        console.log('Timestamp: ' + sleepInfo.timestamp + ' milliseconds');
    }
    
    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.start('SLEEP_MONITOR', onchangedCB);
    
  2. To disable the monitor when it is no longer required, use the stop() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface:

    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.stop('SLEEP_MONITOR');
    

Detecting Sleep

Learning how to detect whether the user is asleep is a basic Human Activity Monitor (HAM) management skill:

  1. To enable the monitor and start collecting data, use the start() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface (in mobile and wearable applications) with HumanActivityType set to SLEEP_DETECTOR:

    function onchangedCB(sleepInfo) {
        console.log('Sleep status: ' + sleepInfo.status);
    }
    
    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.start('SLEEP_DETECTOR', onchangedCB);
    
  2. To disable the monitor when it is no longer required, use the stop() method of the HumanActivityMonitorManager interface with HumanActivityType set to SLEEP_DETECTOR:

    tizen.humanactivitymonitor.stop('SLEEP_DETECTOR');
    

Supported Monitors

The following table introduces the available monitor types and lists the monitor capabilities you can use to determine whether a specific monitor is supported on a device.

Table: Human activity monitors and capabilities

Monitor Capability Notes
Pedometer and accumulative pedometer http://tizen.org/feature/sensor.pedometer When the pedometer sensor is started, a change callback is invoked when data changes. Use the getHumanActivityData() method to get the current data.
The accumulative pedometer sensor does not have to be started by your application as long as step counting is enabled by any other application or the system. Listener registered with the setAccumulativePedometerListener() method is called when accumulative counters are changed.
Heart rate monitor http://tizen.org/feature/sensor.heart_rate_monitor When the heart rate monitor (HRM) sensor is started, a change callback is invoked when data changes. Use the getHumanActivityData() method to get the current data.
GPS http://tizen.org/feature/location.batch When the GPS sensor is started, a change callback is invoked when data changes. Use the getHumanActivityData() method to get the current data.
The GPS sensor provides both the current value and a short history of last recorded GPS positions. The sensor supports sampling intervals, which can be used to create more power-efficient applications.
Sleep monitor http://tizen.org/feature/sensor.sleep_monitor When the sleep sensor is started, a change callback is invoked when data changes. Use the getHumanActivityData() method to get the current data.
Sleep detector http://tizen.org/feature/sensor.sleep_monitor When the sleep sensor is started, a change callback is invoked when data changes. Use the getHumanActivityData() method to get the current data.

Supported Recorders in Wearable Applications

The following table introduces the available recorder types and lists the capabilities you can use to determine whether a specific recorder is supported on a device.

Table: Human activity recorders and capabilities

Recorder Capability Notes
Pressure http://tizen.org/feature/sensor.barometer Use the startRecorder() and stopRecorder() methods to record the pressure sensor data for the specific period of time. Use the readRecorderData() method to read the recorded pressure sensor data.
  • Dependencies
    • Tizen 2.4 and Higher for Mobile
    • Tizen 2.3.1 and Higher for Wearable