The design and development of a long-term fall detection system incorporated into a custom vest for the elderly.

Author

Bourke, Alan K. ; van de Ven, Pepijn W.J. ; Chaya, Amy E. ; ÓLaighin, Gearóid M. ; Nelson, John

Author_Institution

Wireless Access Research Centre, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

2836

Lastpage

2839

Abstract

A fall detection system and algorithm, incorporated into a custom designed garment has been developed. The developed fall detection system uses a tri-axial accelerometer, microcontroller, battery and Bluetooth module. This sensor is attached to a custom designed vest, designed to be worn by the elderly person under clothing. The fall detection algorithm was developed and incorporates both impact and posture detection capability.

Keywords

Accelerometers; Biomedical engineering; Clothing; Europe; Event detection; Materials testing; Monitoring; Performance evaluation; Senior citizens; System testing; Acceleration; Accidental Falls; Activities of Daily Living; Adult; Aged; Algorithms; Biomechanics; Clothing; Equipment Design; Humans; Male; Materials Testing; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Movement; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649793

Filename

4649793