Silhouette classification using pixel and voxel features for improved elder monitoring in dynamic environments

2011 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, PERCOM Workshops 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 655-661

  Stone, Erik E ^a   Skubic, Marjorie ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

activity monitoring; eldercare; silhouette extraction; smart environments

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY MONITORING; BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION; CALIBRATED CAMERAS; DATA SEQUENCES; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ELDERCARE; EMBEDDED ASSESSMENT; FALL DETECTION; FALL RISK; HUMAN SEGMENTATION; HUMAN SUBJECTS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MOVING OBJECTS; MULTI-VIEWS; OLDER ADULTS; PRIVACY CONCERNS; ROBUST SEGMENTATION; SILHOUETTE EXTRACTION; SMART ENVIRONMENT; VIDEO DATA; VISION-BASED SYSTEM;

MOTION ESTIMATION; PIXELS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 79958060965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2011.5766970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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