DeepYoga: Enhancing Practice with a Real-Time Yoga Pose Recognition System
Received: 6 August 2024 | Revised: 3 September 2024 and 14 September 2024 | Accepted: 16 September 2024 | Online: 14 October 2024
Corresponding author: Richa Sharma
Abstract
The adoption of yoga as a holistic wellness practice is increasing throughout the world. However, in the absence of a personalized expert, especially in an online environment, there is a need for reliable and accurate methods for yoga posture recognition. Maintaining correct yoga postures is essential to reap holistic health benefits in the long term and address chronic medical issues. This paper presents DeepYoga, a novel approach to improve posture recognition accuracy with the support of deep learning models. The proposed approach uses a dataset of accurate yoga pose images encompassing five distinct poses. Landmarks extracted from the practitioner's body in the images are then used to train a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for accurate pose classification. The trained model is then used to detect yoga poses from real-time videos of yoga practitioners. Then, the system provides users with real-time feedback and visual suggestions, helping them improve physical alignment and reduce the risk of injury. The proposed method achieved an overall high accuracy of 99.02% in pose detection while trying to minimize the use of resources as much as possible to make it more accessible.
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Deep learning, CNN, real-time Yoga pose recognition, personalized feedback, landmarksDownloads
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