An enhanced fall detection system for elderly person monitoring using consumer home networks

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-29

  Wang, Jin ^a   Zhang, Zhongqi ^a   Li, Bin ^b   Lee, Sungyoung ^c   Sherratt, R ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly Monitoring; Fall Detection System; Heart Rate Fluctuation; Sensitivity; Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SMART SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

DETECTION ACCURACY; ELDERLY MONITORING; FALL DETECTION; FALSE POSITIVE RATES; HEART RATE FLUCTUATIONS; SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

HOME NETWORKS;

EID: 84898032338     PISSN: 00983063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2014.6780921     Document Type: Article

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