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Design and Analysis for Fall Detection System Simplification

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Comparison and characterization of Android-based fall detection systems.

Rafael Luque¹, Eduardo Casilari², María-José Morón³

¹Universidad de Málaga, Departamento de Tecnología Electrónica, ETSI Telecomunicación, 29071 Málaga, Spain. rluque@uma.es.

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|October 10, 2014

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Automatic fall detection using smartphones can help seniors, but accuracy varies with fall type. Power consumption of Android apps is a significant factor for system viability.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Science

Background:

Falls are a leading cause of injury and hospitalization in older adults.
Automatic fall detection systems can reduce medical response times.
Smartphones offer a cost-effective, non-intrusive solution for fall detection.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and assess the performance of fall detection algorithms using smartphone accelerometers.
To evaluate the accuracy and limitations of accelerometry-based fall detection.
To analyze the impact of fall detection applications on smartphone battery consumption.

Main Methods:

A literature review of state-of-the-art fall detection systems.
Development of an experimental testbed for algorithm evaluation.
Testing algorithms using inertial data from smartphone accelerometers on diverse individuals.

Main Results:

Fall detection accuracy is highly dependent on the specific fall pattern.
Achieving an optimal balance between detecting falls and avoiding false alarms is challenging.
Android fall detection applications significantly increase battery drain, impacting system viability.

Conclusions:

Smartphone accelerometers show potential for fall detection, but algorithm performance is variable.
Threshold setting for reliable detection requires careful consideration of fall patterns and false positives/negatives.
The power consumption of monitoring applications must be factored into the design of practical fall detection systems.