Software simulation of unobtrusive falls detection at night-time using passive infrared and pressure mat sensors

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2115-2118

  Ariani, Arni ^a   Redmond, Stephen J ^a   Chang, David ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACTIVITY SEQUENCE; BODY MASS INDEX; DETECTION DEVICE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; FALL DETECTION; HEURISTIC CLASSIFICATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; PASSIVE INFRARED; PASSIVE INFRARED SENSORS; PATH-FINDING ALGORITHMS; PRESSURE MAT; RELATED INJURIES; RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE SIMULATION;

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION TREES; FLOORS; HOUSES; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

AGED; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION TREE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION TREES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650809901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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