Fall detection system for elderly with GSM communication and GPS localization

2013 - 8th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering, ATEE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dumitrache, Mihail ^a   Pasca, Sever ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Fall detection; GPS localization; GSM communication; microcontroller

Indexed keywords

FALL DETECTION; FALLS IN THE ELDERLIES; GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); GPS LOCALIZATIONS; GSM COMMUNICATIONS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MICROCONTROLLERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84885218171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ATEE.2013.6563429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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