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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

A Plantar Inclinometer Based Approach to Fall Detection in Open Environments

Authors : Jianfei Sun, Zumin Wang, Liming Chen, Baofeng Wang, Changqing Ji, Shuai Tao

Published in: Emerging Trends and Advanced Technologies for Computational Intelligence

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this paper, we report a threshold-based method of fall detection using plantar inclinometer sensor, which provides us the information of angle variations during walking, and of angle status after a fall. The angle variations and status are collected in three-dimensional space. We analyzed the normal range of angle variations during walking, and selected the thresholds by testing the distribution of plantar angles of falls. In the experiments, thresholds were selected from plantar angles of fall status in four directions: forward, backward, left and right. Using the selected thresholds, we detected falls of five subjects in different situations for five hundred times and obtained the average detection rate of 85.4 %.

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Metadata
Title
A Plantar Inclinometer Based Approach to Fall Detection in Open Environments
Authors
Jianfei Sun
Zumin Wang
Liming Chen
Baofeng Wang
Changqing Ji
Shuai Tao
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Emerging Trends and Advanced Technologies for Computational Intelligence

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-33351-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-33353-3

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33353-3_1

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