A wireless real-time fall detecting system based on barometer and accelerometer

Proceedings of the 2012 7th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1816-1821

  Chen, Diansheng ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Feng, Wei ^a   Li, Xiyu ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

accererometer; ADL impact; barometer; change of altitude; fall; fall dection; intelligent monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCEREROMETER; ADL IMPACT; CHANGE OF ALTITUDE; FALL; FALL DECTION; INTELLIGENT MONITORING;

ACCELEROMETERS; BAROMETERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84871710546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIEA.2012.6361022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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