Real-time Aging Friendly fall detection system

Abstract

The fall is a crucial issue for elderly people. With the strong growth of information and communication technologies and the development of light and low-cost wearable technology, elderly fall detection has gained much attention. These technologies can help the elderly get timely assistance to reduce further injury. In this paper, we propose to develop a real-time aging friendly fall detection system based on acceleration and angular velocity values produced by the accelerometer and gyroscope sensors of the mobile device. We describe an effective and simple threshold-based solution to implement a real-time method to monitor the elderly and detect falls using a mobile phone. In case of a fall, our system will transmit an alert with location information to the contacts list via a notification. Thus, medical attention can be provided with minimal delay. The system was tested by volunteers and achieved high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy.