A wearable airbag to prevent fall injuries

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 910-914

  Tamura, Toshiyo ^a   Yoshimura, Takumi ^b   Sekine, Masaki ^a   Uchida, Mitsuo ^c   Tanaka, Osamu ^d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Prop Co   (Japan)

^d Yokohama Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Air bag; Fall detection; Fall prevention; Gyro sensor

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION WAVEFORM; AIR BAG; DETECTION ALGORITHM; DETECTION SYSTEM; FALL DETECTION; FALL PREVENTION; FALL-RELATED INJURY; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GYRO SENSOR; GYRO SENSORS; INFLATION SYSTEMS; THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUES;

ACCELEROMETERS; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GYROSCOPES; SENSORS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRBAG; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR BAGS; ALGORITHMS; CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70449564984     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2009.2033673     Document Type: Article

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