Passive ultrasonic method for human footstep detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6562, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ekimov, Alexander ^a   Sabatier, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Footstep; Friction; Passive; Sensor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY BANDS; SENSORS; ULTRASONICS;

HUMAN FOOTSTEP DETECTION; SEISMIC DETECTORS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES; WALKING STYLES;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 36048963888     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.716899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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