A watch-type human activity detector for the aged care

International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 648-652

  Park, Chankyu ^a   Kim, Jaehong ^a   Choi, Ho Jin ^b  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

accelerometers; Elderly care; fall detection; feature reduction; feature selection; human activity recognition; wearable device

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; FALL DETECTION; FEATURE REDUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION; WEARABLE DEVICES;

ACCELEROMETERS; COMMUNICATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84860569132     PISSN: 17389445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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