Real-Time Cross-Domain Gesture and User Identification via COTS WiFi

Chenhong Cao, Yue Ding, Miaoling Dai, Wei Gong, Xibin Zhao

Abstract: WiFi-based gesture recognition has emerged as a promising alternative to computer vision, enabling seamless integration and enhanced interaction in human-computer interaction systems. Simultaneously identifying users during gesture recognition is vital for improving security and personalization. However, existing WiFi-based dual-task recognition approaches often rely on handcrafted features, which hinder precision and introduce delays in cross-domain scenarios. To address these challenges, we propose WiDual, a real-time system for cross-domain gesture recognition and user identification using WiFi signals. By integrating spatial and channel attention mechanisms, WiDual adaptively extracts crucial features for dual-task recognition. The system employs Channel State Information (CSI) visualization to convert WiFi signals into images, facilitating efficient feature extraction and minimizing information loss and latency. Furthermore, a collaborative module fuses gesture and user identity features, enhancing recognition performance. Experimental evaluations on a public dataset with six gestures and six users across diverse environments demonstrate WiDual's effectiveness. It achieves 96% accuracy in cross-domain gesture recognition and 91.27% in user identification. Compared to state-of-the-art methods, WiDual improves user identification accuracy by 26%, gesture recognition by 8%, and reduces processing time sixfold, showcasing its potential for real-time applications.

External IDs:dblp:journals/tmc/CaoDDGZ25