Automatic fall detection and activity classification by a wearable embedded smart camera

IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-136

  Ozcan, Koray ^a   Mahabalagiri, Anvith Katte ^a   Casares, Mauricio ^a   Velipasalar, Senem ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity classification; embedded; fall detection; histogram of oriented gradients; optical flow; smart cameras

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATIONS; EMBEDDED; FALL DETECTION; HISTOGRAM OF ORIENTED GRADIENTS; SMART CAMERAS;

CAMERAS; DIAGNOSIS; GRAPHIC METHODS; OPTICAL FLOWS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 84879111230     PISSN: 21563357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JETCAS.2013.2256832     Document Type: Article

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