Content-independent image processing based fall detection

Proceedings 2011 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 654-659

  Lee, Bin Jen ^a   Su, Shun Feng ^a   Rudas, Imre ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b ÓBUDA UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Content independent; Elder care; Fall detection; Image processing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CONTENT INDEPENDENT; ELDER CARE; FALL DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESS; IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; LIFE SAFETY; MOTION IMAGES; MOTION INFORMATION; SYSTEM USE; VOTING MECHANISM;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84860407694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSSE.2011.5961984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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