Aging in place: Fall detection and localization in a distributed smart camera network

Proceedings of the ACM International Multimedia Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 892-901

  Williams, Adam ^a   Ganesan, Deepak ^a   Hanson, Allen ^a  

^a Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity recognition; Camera sensors; Distributed sensor networks; Technology and aging

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RECOGNITION; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; FALL DETECTION; HOMOGRAPHY TRANSFORMATION; SMART CAMERAS;

CAMERAS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 37849000453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1291233.1291435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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