DocumentCode
2954752
Title
Accelerometer-based sensor network for fall detection
Author
Le, Thinh M. ; Pan, R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., NUS, Singapore, Singapore
fYear
2009
fDate
26-28 Nov. 2009
Firstpage
265
Lastpage
268
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/BIOCAS.2009.5372032
Filename
5372032
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