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Fall Detection by Deep Learning-Based Bimodal Movement and Pose Sensing with Late Fusion.

Haythem Rehouma1, Mounir Boukadoum1

  • 1Département d'informatique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H2X 3Y7, Canada.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 16, 2025
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This study introduces a bimodal deep learning system for elderly fall detection, combining inertial measurement units (IMUs) and vision. The novel approach significantly reduces false positives, enhancing real-time fall monitoring accuracy.

Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Computer Science
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Elderly fall detection is crucial but challenging.
  • Single-sensor systems (IMUs, vision) often have high false positives and low accuracy in poor conditions.
  • Existing methods struggle with real-time monitoring under varying light, including nighttime.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel bimodal deep learning sensing framework for robust elderly fall detection.
  • To improve accuracy and reduce false positives compared to single-modality systems.
  • To ensure reliable real-time fall detection across diverse lighting conditions.

Main Methods:

  • A bimodal deep learning framework integrating a memory-based autoencoder for inertial data and an attention-based network for visual data.
Keywords:
IMULSTM autoencoderTransformerelderly carefall detectionlate fusionmultimodal learningnighttime monitoringpose estimation

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  • Late fusion strategy at the decision level to combine sensor information.
  • Experimental evaluation using a custom dataset of simulated falls and daily activities captured with waist-mounted IMUs and RGB cameras under dim lighting.

    • Main Results:

    • The bimodal late-fusion system achieved a high F1-score of 97.3%.
    • Significantly reduced false-positive rate (3.6%) compared to IMU-only (11.3%) and vision-only (8.9%) systems.
    • Demonstrated robust performance in simulated fall detection under dim lighting conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed bimodal sensing framework offers a robust and accurate solution for elderly fall detection.
    • The system's effectiveness is validated for real-time applications, even in low-light and nighttime scenarios.
    • Combining inertial and visual data through deep learning significantly outperforms single-modality approaches.