Fall detection prototype for Thai elderly in mobile computing era

ECTI-CON 2011 - 8th Electrical Engineering/ Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI) Association of Thailand - Conference 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 446-449

  Kaenampornpan, M ^a   Anuchad, T ^a   Supaluck, P ^a  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

accelerometer; elderly; fall detection; mobile computing; threshold

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY; ELDERLY PEOPLE; FALL DETECTION; HUMAN BODIES; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PHYSICAL INJURIES; THAILAND; THRESHOLD;

ACCELEROMETERS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 79961242743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECTICON.2011.5947871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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