A Smart and Passive Floor-Vibration Based Fall Detector for Elderly

By M. Alwan, P. Rajendran, S. Kell, D. Mack, S. Dalal, M. Wolfe, R. Felder. 2006 2nd International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies, 2006

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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Citations in the corpus

A Method for Automatic Fall Detection of Elderly People Using Floor Vibrations and Sound—Proof of Concept on Human Mimicking Doll Falls (2009, background): “The idea of floor vibrations was also explored by Alwan et al. [ 16 ], however, our proposed solution is different”
A Microphone Array System for Automatic Fall Detection (2012, background): “Some nonwearable devices include floor vibration sensors [9]–[11], video cameras [12], [13], IR cameras [14], and bed sensors [15].”
Survey on Fall Detection and Fall Prevention Using Wearable and External Sensors (2014, unknown): “[35] developed a floor-vibration fall detector.”
A survey on fall detection: Principles and approaches (2013, background): “in [10] that developed the working principle and the design of a floor vibration-based fall detector.”
WiFall: Device-free fall detection by wireless networks (2017, background): “tems using ambient devices [3], [4] leverage floor vibration caused by a fall to detect a risky situation.”
A Survey on Ambient Intelligence in Health Care (2013, unknown): “They also rely on techniques such as floor vibration detection and ambient audio analysis to detect possible fall [150], [151].”
Robust Video Surveillance for Fall Detection Based on Human Shape Deformation (2011, background): “Floor vibrationbased detectors could be a promising solution but they depend upon the floor dynamics and are still in their infancy [6].”
A Survey on Ambient-Assisted Living Tools for Older Adults (2013, unknown): “Ambient fall detection systems rely on sensors such as PIR sensors, pressure sensors, as well as floor vibration detection and audio analysis [155], [156].”
RT-Fall: A Real-Time and Contactless Fall Detection System with Commodity WiFi Devices (2017, background): “For elderswho live alone and independently, about 50 percent of the falls occur within their own homes [1], thus timely and automatic detection of falls has long been the research goal in the assistive living community.”