3D depth image analysis for indoor fall detection of elderly people

Digital Communications and Networks

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-34

  Yang, Lei ^a,b   Ren, Yanyun ^a   Zhang, Wenqiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depth images; Fall detection; Moment function; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014459211     PISSN: 24685925     EISSN: 23528648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcan.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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