About the Authors

Shaghayegh Zihajehzadeh

Affiliation School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University, 250–13450 102nd Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3T 0A3, Canada

Edward J. Park

ed_park@sfu.ca

Affiliation School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University, 250–13450 102nd Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3T 0A3, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interest: Provisional US Patent Application No. 62/344,566 filed June 2, 2016 for Systems and Methods for Walking Speed Estimation. We confirm that our provisional patent does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SZ EJP. Formal analysis: SZ. Investigation: SZ. Methodology: SZ EJP. Validation: SZ. Visualization: SZ EJP. Writing – original draft: SZ EJP. Writing – review & editing: SZ EJP.