HMM-based human fall detection and prediction method using tri-axial accelerometer

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1849-1856

  Tong, Lina ^a   Song, Quanjun ^a   Ge, Yunjian ^a   Liu, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES   (China)

Author keywords

Acceleration time series (ATS); accelerometer; fall detection; fall prediction; hidden Markov model (HMM)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION TIME SERIES; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES; FALL DETECTION; FALLS IN THE ELDERLIES; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL(HMM); HUMAN FALL DETECTION; PREDICTION METHODS; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

ACCELEROMETERS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84876137289     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2245231     Document Type: Article

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