An active vision system for fall detection and posture recognition in elderly healthcare

Proceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1536-1541

  Diraco, G ^a   Leone, A ^a   Siciliano, P ^a  

^a Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems Unit of Lecce   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fall detection; Plane detection; Posture recognition; Range imaging; Self calibration

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FLOORS; LARGE DATASET;

FALL DETECTION; PLANE DETECTION; POSTURE RECOGNITION; RANGE IMAGING; SELF CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 77953090301     PISSN: 15301591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/date.2010.5457055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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