SmartFall: An Automatic Fall Detection System Based on Subsequence Matching for the SmartCane
Mars Lan, Ani Nahapetian, Alireza Vahdatpour, Lawrence K. Au, William Kaiser, Majid Sarrafzadeh · 2009
Fall-induced injury has become a leading cause of death for the elderly. Many elderly people rely on canes as an assis- tive device to overcome problems such as balance disorder and leg weakness, which are believed to have led to many incidents of falling. In this paper, we present the design and th