Title :
Non-intrusive user-oriented interactive fall-detection system for seniors
Author :
Arvindkumar, Chavda ; Jaiswal, Nitinkumar ; Tailor, Jenish ; Zhiqiang Liu ; Parihar, Chirag ; Jiehan Zhou ; Holmes, Kevin ; Dean, Stuart ; Islam, Misbah
Author_Institution :
Algonquin Coll., Ottawa, ON, Canada
fDate :
May 31 2015-June 4 2015
Abstract :
This system enables autonomous and non-intrusive detection of falls and initiates post-fall care activities without burdening seniors by wearing any monitoring device or requiring constant scrutiny from video surveillance. Caregivers can monitor or be alerted of fall events through a Web-based mobile application. This system has the following specific features. (1) It enables to detect and identify different types of motion and fall events by using spectrogram-based algorithm to analyze reflected Doppler signals. (2) The system supplies a user-friendly Web application to configure the system during the initial operation and future software upgrades. (3) The system provides the user with a friendly interactive alert information management system in the context of fall detection.
Keywords :
Doppler effect; Internet; geriatrics; human computer interaction; mobile computing; patient monitoring; telemedicine; video surveillance; Doppler signal; Web-based mobile application; caregiver; constant scrutiny; interactive alert information management system; monitoring device; nonintrusive detection; nonintrusive user-oriented interactive fall-detection system; post-fall care activity; seniors; software upgrade; spectrogram-based algorithm; user-friendly Web application; video surveillance; Acceleration; Internet; Senior citizens; Servers; Ultrasonic imaging; User interfaces; Wireless communication; event classification; fall detection; remote monitoring; ultrasound radar;
Conference_Titel :
Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015), 2015 IEEE Canada International
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8961-4
DOI :
10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238071
