Design and Realization of an Early Pre-Impact Fall Alarm System Based on MEMS Inertial Sensing Units

• Published in: Applied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 461; no. Advances in Bionic Engineering; pp. 659 - 666
• Main Authors: Liang, Ding, Zhao, Guo Ru, Ning, Yun Kun, Zhang, Qi, Li, Hui Qi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Alarm systems; Algorithms; Detection; Devices; Elderly people; Inertial; Modules; Warning; Early Fall Alarm; Inertial Sensor; Threshold Algorithm

Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, so how to prevent falls has become a safety and security problem for elderly people. At present, because the sensing modules of most fall alarm devices generally only integrate the single 3-axis accelerometer, so the measur...