PerFallD: A pervasive fall detection system using mobile phones

2010 8th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, PERCOM Workshops 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 292-297

  Dai, Jiangpeng ^a,b   Bai, Xiaole ^b   Yang, Zhimin ^b   Shen, Zhaohui ^c   Xuan, Dong ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fall detection; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; DETECTION ALGORITHM; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; FALL DETECTION; MOBILE PHONE PLATFORMS; POWER EFFICIENCY; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACCELEROMETERS; HEALTH RISKS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

TELEPHONE SETS;

EID: 77953982867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2010.5470652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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