Visual sensor based abnormal event detection with moving shadow removal in home healthcare applications

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 573-584

  Lee, Young Sook ^a   Chung, Wan Young ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abnormal event detection; Shadow removal algorithm; Shape features variation; Ubiquitous healthcare surveillance; Visual sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); TELEMETRY; VISION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ALGORITHMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT; TELEMETRY; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84863011271     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120100573     Document Type: Article

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