Fall detection and activity recognition with machine learning

Informatica (Ljubljana)

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-212

  Luštrek, Mitja ^a   Kaluža, Boštjan ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

fall detection, activity recognition, posture and movement reconstruction, machine learning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RECOGNITION; BODY PARTS; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; FALL DETECTION; FALL DETECTION, ACTIVITY RECOGNITION, POSTURE AND MOVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION, MACHINE LEARNING; MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MACHINE-LEARNING; MINIMAL SUPPORTS; MOVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION; RADIO TAGS; RAPID AGING; REFERENCE COORDINATE SYSTEM;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; RESTORATION; ROBOT LEARNING;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 67049155519     PISSN: 03505596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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