Self-adaptive fall-detection apparatus embedded in glasses

• Published in: 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Vol. 2014; pp. 4623 - 4626
• Main Authors: Chen, Oscal T.-C, Chih-Jung Kuo
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Acceleration; Accelerometers; Accidental Falls; Accuracy; Algorithms; Eyeglasses; Female; Glass; Gyroscopes; Humans; Magnetometers; Magnetometry; Male; Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation; Normal Distribution; Rotation; Sensors; Young Adult

Fall injury is already a major problem in elderly health care. This work develops a self-adaptive fall-detection apparatus which is embedded in glasses for users easily to put on. The proposed system adopts a 9-axis sensing module of a triaxial magnetometer, accelerometer and gyroscope. First, the m...