Fall detection systems for elderly care: A survey

2014 6th International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security - Proceedings of NTMS 2014 Conference and Workshops

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mohamed, Omar ^a   Choi, Ho Jin ^b   Iraqi, Youssef ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

e Health.; Elderly Care; Fall Detection

Indexed keywords

MOTION COMPENSATION; SURVEYS;

DAILY LIVES; EHEALTH; ELDERLY CARE; FALL DETECTION; PAPER SURVEYS; THREE-BRANCH; VIDEO-BASED FALL DETECTION; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84901441516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NTMS.2014.6814018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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