---
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - video-classification
tags:
  - action-recognition
  - temporal-segmentation
  - video
  - computer-vision
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
---

# The Breakfast Actions Dataset

**Official dataset release by Serre Lab, Brown University.**

A comprehensive dataset of breakfast preparation activities performed by 52 different individuals in 18 different kitchens (~77 hours of video, >4 million frames).

## Dataset Specifications

- **Participants**: 52 individuals
- **Locations**: 18 kitchens
- **Total recording**: ~77 hours of video (>4 million frames)
- **Resolution**: 320x240 pixels
- **Frame rate**: 15 fps
- **Activities**: 10 breakfast preparation activities, 48 fine-grained action units

## Files

- **demo_bundle.rar** — MATLAB demo for action recognition
- **BreakfastII_15fps_qvga_sync.tar.gz** — Video data
- **breakfast_data.tar.gz** — Dataset annotations
- **segmentation_coarse.tar.gz** — Coarse temporal segmentation
- **segmentation_fine.tar.gz** — Fine temporal segmentation

## Citation

```bibtex
@inproceedings{kuehne2014language,
  title={The Language of Actions: Recovering the Syntax and Semantics of Goal-Directed Human Activities},
  author={Kuehne, Hilde and Arslan, Ali and Serre, Thomas},
  booktitle={CVPR},
  year={2014}
}
```

## Links

- [Official website](https://serre.lab.brown.edu/breakfast-actions-dataset.html)
- [GitHub: HTK Action Recognition](https://github.com/hildekuehne/HTK_actionRecognition)