Real-time fall detecting system using a tri-axial accelerometer for home care

CC Lan, YH Hsueh, RY Hu - 2012 International Conference on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There has been a considerable increase in the population proportion of senior people
among global population. Fall often happens among these senior people, which is also the …

Design of automatic fall detector for elderly based on triaxial accelerometer

J Zheng, G Zhang, T Wu - 2009 3rd International Conference on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falls in elderly people have been recognized as a major health problem in aging
population. This paper describes the development of an accurate, accelerometer based fall …

A wireless real-time fall detecting system based on barometer and accelerometer

D Chen, Y Zhang, W Feng, X Li - 2012 7th IEEE Conference on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falls threaten the health and life safety of the elderly seriously. And timely medical
assistance will help largely to reduce the rate of morbidity-mortality. In this research, a fall …

Development of a fall detecting system for the elderly residents

CC Wang, CY Chiang, PY Lin, YC Chou… - 2008 2nd …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accidental falls are common causes of serious injury and health threats in the elder
population. To deliver adequate medical support, the robust and immediate falls detection is …

Fall detection algorithm based on triaxial accelerometer data

M Dumitrache, S Pasca - 2013 E-Health and Bioengineering …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Elderly people who experience a fall usually need urgent medical attention, as the
consequences can be very serious. The response time in case of a fall can be greatly …

Development of a fall detection algorithm based on a tri-axial accelerometer

Y Yang, X Zhao - 2011 4th International Conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The elder population are at high risk of having a falling accident. Once it happens, timely
assistance can dramatically reduce the damage. Obviously, real-time and accurate fall …

A reliable fall detection system based on wearable sensor and signal magnitude area for elderly residents

GC Chen, CN Huang, CY Chiang, CJ Hsieh… - … Friendly Technology for …, 2010 - Springer
Falls are the primary cause of accidents for elderly people and often result in serious injury
and health threats. It is also the main obstacle to independent living for frail and elderly …

F2D: A fall detection system tested with real data from daily life of elderly people

P Kostopoulos, T Nunes, K Salvi… - … Conference on E …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falls among older people remain a very important public healthcare issue. Every year over
11 million falls are registered in the US alone. This paper presents a practical real time fall …

A direction-sensitive fall detection system using single 3D accelerometer and learning classifier

F Hossain, ML Ali, MZ Islam… - … Conference on Medical …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rate of fall incidence among the elderly people is ever increasing. It is at the sixth
position in the list of causes of death for the people aged between 60 and 65; the second …

A threshold-based algorithm of fall detection using a wearable device with tri-axial accelerometer and gyroscope

HW Guo, YT Hsieh, YS Huang, JC Chien… - 2015 International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fall events are the external causes of injury in the elderly adults, even leading to disability
and death. In this study, we used a weightless and wearable device with built-in tri-axial …