Title :
Accelerometer-based sensor network for fall detection
Author :
Le, Thinh M. ; Pan, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., NUS, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Elderly care systems are among the most popular research topics in biomedical embedded systems design as aging has emerged in different countries and selected areas of the world. However, current products are either too bulky or overly simple in functionality. Therefore, a comprehensive fall detection system for elderly care is proposed in this paper. The system comprises of wearable integrated accelerometers. Without loss of generality, the system can also be used for exercise pattern recording, and users´ movements monitoring.
Keywords :
accelerometers; biomedical telemetry; body sensor networks; embedded systems; intelligent sensors; patient monitoring; accelerometer-based sensor network; biomedical embedded systems; comprehensive fall detection system; elderly care systems; exercise pattern recording; user movement monitoring; wearable integrated accelerometers; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Aging; Computerized monitoring; Hardware; Injuries; Microcontrollers; Remote monitoring; Senior citizens; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2009. BioCAS 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4917-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4918-7
DOI :
10.1109/BIOCAS.2009.5372032
