Event detection in an assisted living environment

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7581-7584

  Stroiescu, Florin ^a   Daly, Kieran ^a   Kuris, Benjamin ^a  

^a Shimmer Research   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED LIVING; BODY-WORN SENSORS; EVENT DETECTION; EVENT DETECTION ALGORITHM; IN-BUILDINGS; LOCATION AWARENESS; NETWORK-BASED; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FALLING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; WALKING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ALGORITHMS; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; HUMANS; SOFTWARE; WALKING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84861657552     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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