Accurate, fast fall detection using gyroscopes and accelerometer-derived posture information

Proceedings - 2009 6th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 138-143

  Li, Qiang ^a   Stankovic, John A ^a   Hanson, Mark A ^a   Barth, Adam T ^a   Lach, John ^a   Zhou, Gang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BODY ORIENTATION; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DYNAMIC TRANSITIONS; FALL DETECTION; FALSE NEGATIVES; FALSE POSITIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS; MOTION TRANSITION; REAL-TIME RESPONSE; SITTING DOWN; STATIC POSTURES; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

GYROSCOPES; SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 70350746328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2009.46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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