Title :
Implementation of wearable sensors for fall detection into smart household
Author :
Biros, Ondrej ; Karchnak, Jan ; Simsik, Dusan ; Hosovsky, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Autom., Tech. Univ. of Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
Abstract :
The proposed paper describes implementation of wearable sensors into smart household environment. Wearable sensor prototype is based on MEMS inertial measurement unit, containing accelerometer and gyroscope. Fall detection using wearable sensors has been determined as suitable function in several implementations. Fall detection algorithm, considering information about acceleration, tilt and angular velocity was developed and tested. Communication of IMU with PC is described as well as experimental verification of the algorithm.
Keywords :
accelerometers; biomechanics; biomedical equipment; gyroscopes; intelligent sensors; microsensors; motion measurement; wireless sensor networks; MEMS inertial measurement unit; acceleration; accelerometer; angular velocity; fall detection; gyroscope; smart household; tilt; wearable sensors; Acceleration; Angular velocity; Micromechanical devices; Monitoring; Wearable sensors; Zigbee;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI), 2014 IEEE 12th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Herl´any
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3441-6
DOI :
10.1109/SAMI.2014.6822406
