A finite state machine-based fall detection mechanism on smartphones

Proceedings - IEEE 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing and IEEE 9th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing, UIC-ATC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 735-739

  Hsieh, Shang Lin ^a   Su, Ming Hsiung ^a   Liu, Lu Feng ^a   Jiang, Wey Wen ^b  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fall detecion; Finite state machine

Indexed keywords

DETECTION MECHANISM; FALL DETECION; FALL DETECTION; FINITE STATE; HUMAN MOVEMENTS;

ACCELEROMETERS; FINITE AUTOMATA; SMARTPHONES;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 84869793886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UIC-ATC.2012.153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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