TY - GEN
T1 - A new washable low-cost garment for everyday fall detection
AU - Niazmand, Khalil
AU - Jehle, Claudius
AU - D'Angelo, Lorenzo T.
AU - Lueth, Tim C.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this paper, a new garment for automatic fall detection and alert is presented for the first time. It includes a washable pullover with integrated acceleration sensors, evaluation and control electronics. The system measures the accelerations at the torso and on the arms in three directions in space. The fall detection is based on recognizing, by means of the sensors, the posture and abnormal acceleration magnitudes usually associated to a fall. The alarm as well as the movement information is sent via a wireless radio link. A fall will be detected within the pullover's electronics. The fall detection system was tested on ten volunteers. The daily life movements are also stored on a memory card. The latter can be read in on a PC. Thanks to an optimized production process, the system can be affordably reproduced in low volume productions and can be adjusted for any usage. The power supply of the system is realized with rechargeable batteries.
AB - In this paper, a new garment for automatic fall detection and alert is presented for the first time. It includes a washable pullover with integrated acceleration sensors, evaluation and control electronics. The system measures the accelerations at the torso and on the arms in three directions in space. The fall detection is based on recognizing, by means of the sensors, the posture and abnormal acceleration magnitudes usually associated to a fall. The alarm as well as the movement information is sent via a wireless radio link. A fall will be detected within the pullover's electronics. The fall detection system was tested on ten volunteers. The daily life movements are also stored on a memory card. The latter can be read in on a PC. Thanks to an optimized production process, the system can be affordably reproduced in low volume productions and can be adjusted for any usage. The power supply of the system is realized with rechargeable batteries.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78650836282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627298
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627298
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 21096697
AN - SCOPUS:78650836282
SN - 9781424441235
T3 - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
SP - 6377
EP - 6380
BT - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
T2 - 2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
Y2 - 31 August 2010 through 4 September 2010
ER -