TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Fall detection algorithm in energy efficient multistate sensor system
JO  - Conference proceedings - IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society
A1  - Korats, Gundars
A1  - Hofmanis, Janis
A1  - Skorodumovs, Aleksejs
A1  - Avots, Egils
SP  - 4974
EP  - 4977
VL  - 2015
IS  - 
N2  - Health issues for elderly people may lead to different injuries obtained during simple activities of daily living (ADL). Potentially the most dangerous are unintentional falls that may be critical or even lethal to some patients due to the heavy injury risk. Many fall detection systems are proposed but only recently such health care systems became available. Nevertheless sensor design, accuracy as well as energy consumption efficiency can be improved. In this paper we present a single 3-axial accelerometer energy-efficient sensor system. Power saving is achieved by selective event processing triggered by fall detection procedure. The results in our simulations show 100% accuracy when the threshold parameters are chosen correctly. Estimated energy consumption seems to extend battery life significantly.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-170X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319508
ID  - ref1
ER  -