This paper presents a hardware and software system for reliable fall detection in the home environment, with particular focus on the protection and assistance to older people. The prototype includes three different sensors: a 3D time-of-flight range camera, a wearable MEMS accelerometer and a microphone. These devices are connected with custom interface circuits to a central PC that collects and processes the information with a multi-threading approach. For each of the three sensors, an optimized algorithm for fall-detection has been developed and benchmarked on a collected multimodal database.

A multisensor system for high reliability people fall detection in home environment

Leone A;Diraco G;Distante C;Siciliano P;
2010

Abstract

This paper presents a hardware and software system for reliable fall detection in the home environment, with particular focus on the protection and assistance to older people. The prototype includes three different sensors: a 3D time-of-flight range camera, a wearable MEMS accelerometer and a microphone. These devices are connected with custom interface circuits to a central PC that collects and processes the information with a multi-threading approach. For each of the three sensors, an optimized algorithm for fall-detection has been developed and benchmarked on a collected multimodal database.
2010
Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi - IMM
9789048136056
Fall detection
multi-sensor system
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