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Design and Analysis for Fall Detection System Simplification
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A Multi-Head Attention Transformer Model for Wearable in Situ Fall Detection.

Jingxiao Tian1, Shengjie Xu2, Peter Gerstoft3

  • 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.

IEEE Access : Practical Innovations, Open Solutions
|June 30, 2026
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This study introduces a new transformer model for wearable fall detection using IMU sensors. The model significantly improves fall detection sensitivity to 90.5% by addressing data imbalance and enabling efficient edge deployment.

Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Wearable Technology

Background:

  • Falls are a major health risk for seniors, causing injuries and reduced quality of life.
  • Current fall detection systems using traditional machine learning struggle with complex sensor data.
  • There's a need for accurate, real-time fall detection systems integrated into wearable devices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel multi-head attention transformer architecture for wearable, in situ fall detection.
  • To improve the accuracy and sensitivity of fall detection systems, especially in real-world scenarios.
  • To demonstrate the feasibility of deploying the fall detection model on an ultra-low-power FPGA for efficient wearable applications.

Main Methods:

  • A novel multi-head attention transformer architecture was designed for processing inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor data.
Keywords:
FPGA implementationFall detectionedge computingelderly carehealthcaremulti-head attentiontransformer modelwearable computing

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  • Key innovations include a position-aware embedding layer, multi-head self-attention blocks, and a hybrid feature fusion module.
  • The model was trained on a balanced dataset using a specialized Focal Loss function to address data imbalance.

    • Main Results:

    • The proposed transformer model achieved 90.5% fall sensitivity and 93.1% overall accuracy on the test set.
    • Addressing dataset imbalance was critical, as a baseline model on imbalanced data had only 48.0% sensitivity.
    • The system was co-designed with a wearable PCB and deployed on an FPGA, consuming only 22 mA.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel transformer architecture effectively models temporal dependencies and spatial features in IMU data for accurate fall detection.
    • Addressing dataset imbalance is crucial for developing safe and reliable fall detection systems.
    • The efficient hardware/software co-design enables practical, low-power deployment of advanced fall detection on edge devices.