Novel fall detection method with a wearable hybrid-type sensor

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 31 IFMBE, Issue , 2010, Pages 1331-1334

  Enomoto, Y ^a   Endo, H ^a,b   Hanawa, D ^a   Oguchi, K ^a  

^a SEIKEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Angular velocity; Fall detection; Sensing system; Wearable sensor

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SENSORS; ELDERLY PEOPLE; FALL DETECTION; SENSING SYSTEMS; SERIOUS INJURIES; WEARABLE SENSORS;

ACCELERATION; ANGULAR VELOCITY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STAIRS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

SENSORS;

EID: 77958018476     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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