A fall detection system using low resolution infrared array sensor

Shota Mashiyama, Jihoon Hong, Tomoaki Ohtsuki

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Abstract

Nowadays, aging society is a big problem and demand for monitoring systems is becoming higher. Under this circumstance, a fall is a main factor of accidents at home. From this point of view, we need to detect falls expeditiously and correctly. However, usual methods like using a video camera or a wearable device have some issues in privacy and convenience. In this paper, we propose a system of fall detection using a low resolution infrared array sensor. The proposed system uses this sensor with advantages of privacy protection (low resolution), low cost (cheap sensor), and convenience (small device). We propose four features and based on them, classify activities as either a fall or a non-fall using k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) algorithm. We show a proof-of-concept of our proposed system using a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. Results of experiments show the detection rate of higher than 94 % irrespective of training data contains object's data or not.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE 25th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication, PIMRC 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2109-2113
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479949120
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Jun 25
Event2014 25th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication, IEEE PIMRC 2014 - Washington, United States
Duration: 2014 Sept 22014 Sept 5

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
Volume2014-June

Other

Other2014 25th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication, IEEE PIMRC 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period14/9/214/9/5

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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