Title :
Home Alone Faint Detection Surveillance System Using Thermal Camera
Author :
Wong, Wai Kit ; Lim, Hong Liang ; Loo, Chu Kiong ; Lim, Way Soong
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng. & Technol., Multimedia Univ., Ayer Keroh, Malaysia
Abstract :
Fainting is the unwanted event occur amongst the senior citizens, patients or pregnant women. This event can cause physical injuries or even mental problems. In this paper, we proposed a simple faint detection algorithm apply into a thermal imaging camera to monitor the fainting event. In addition, this system is to allow the immediate treatment can be carried out for life saving purposes when there are people fainting. Experimental results on sample images show that the proposed surveillance system achieved high accuracy of 96.15% for poor lighting condition and 86.19% in indoor in detecting the human faint event.
Keywords :
cameras; geriatrics; health care; image sensors; infrared imaging; video surveillance; faint detection algorithm; home alone faint detection surveillance system; thermal imaging camera; Cameras; Detection algorithms; Humans; Machine vision; Motion detection; Pregnancy; Senior citizens; Surveillance; Thermal engineering; Wearable sensors; Image processing; faint detection algorithm; surveillance system; thermal imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Research and Development, 2010 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4043-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICCRD.2010.163