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Sound event localization aims at estimating the positions of sound sources in the environment with respect to an acoustic receiver (e.g. a microphone array). Recent advances in this domain most prominently focused on utilizing deep…

While it is often critical for indoor-location- and proximity-aware applications to know whether a user is in a space or not (e.g., a specific room or office), a key challenge is that the difference between standing on one side or another…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-02-04 Scott A. Carter , Daniel Avrahami , Nami Tokunaga

The ageing society brings attention to daily elderly care through sensing technologies. The future smart home is expected to enable in-home daily monitoring, such as fall detection, for seniors in a non-invasive, non-cooperative, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-16 Xuyao Yu , Jiazhao Wang , Wenchao Jiang

Detecting patterns in real time streaming data has been an interesting and challenging data analytics problem. With the proliferation of a variety of sensor devices, real-time analytics of data from the Internet of Things (IoT) to learn…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-23 Sazia Mahfuz , Haruna Isah , Farhana Zulkernine , Peter Nicholls

Computer vision technology, which involves analyzing images and videos captured by cameras through deep learning algorithms, has significantly advanced the field of human fall detection. This study focuses on the application of the YoloV8…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Pinar Yozgatli , Yavuz Acar , Mehmet Tulumen , Selman Minga , Salih Selamet , Beytullah Nalbant , Mustafa Talha Toru , Berna Koca , Tevfik Keles , Mehmet Selcok

In smart cities, detecting pedestrian falls is a major challenge to ensure the safety and quality of life of citizens. In this study, we propose a novel fall detection system using FLAMe (Federated Learning with Attention Mechanism), a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Byeonghun Kim , Byeongjoon Noh

The proportion of elderly people is increasing worldwide, particularly those living alone in Japan. As elderly people get older, their risks of physical disabilities and health issues increase. To automatically discover these issues at a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-21 Kai Tanaka , Mineichi Kudo , Keigo Kimura , Atsuyoshi Nakamura

This paper details a number of indoor localization techniques developed for real-time monitoring of older adults. These were developed within the framework of the i-Light research project that was funded by the European Union. The project…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-04 Iuliana Marin , Maria-Iuliana Bocicor , Arthur-Jozsef Molnar

As the population ages rapidly, long-term care (LTC) facilities across North America face growing pressure to monitor residents safely while keeping staff workload manageable. Falls are among the most critical events to monitor due to their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-27 Huy Trinh , Phuong Thai , Elliot Creager , George Shaker

Falling, especially in the elderly, is a critical issue to care for and surveil. There have been many studies focusing on fall detection. However, from our survey, there is still no research indicating the prior-fall activities, which we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Pisol Ruenin , Sarayut Techakaew , Patsakorn Towatrakool , Jakarin Chawachat

Shoplifting remains a costly issue for the retail sector, but traditional surveillance systems, which are mostly based on human monitoring, are still largely ineffective, with only about 2% of shoplifters being arrested. Existing AI-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Narges Rashvand , Ghazal Alinezhad Noghre , Armin Danesh Pazho , Babak Rahimi Ardabili , Hamed Tabkhi

Falls have serious consequences and are prevalent in acute hospitals and nursing homes caring for older people. Most falls occur in bedrooms and near the bed. Technological interventions to mitigate the risk of falling aim to automatically…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-03-20 Michael Chesser , Asangi Jayatilaka , Renuka Visvanathan , Christophe Fumeaux , Alanson Sample , Damith C. Ranasinghe

Falls are the public health issue for the elderly all over the world since the fall-induced injuries are associated with a large amount of healthcare cost. Falls can cause serious injuries, even leading to death if the elderly suffers a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Chien-Pin Liu , Ju-Hsuan Li , En-Ping Chu , Chia-Yeh Hsieh , Kai-Chun Liu , Chia-Tai Chan , Yu Tsao

Real-time fall detection is crucial for enabling timely interventions and mitigating the severe health consequences of falls, particularly in older adults. However, existing methods often rely on simulated data or assumptions such as prior…

This paper proposes a real-time embedded fall detection system using a DVS(Dynamic Vision Sensor) that has never been used for traditional fall detection, a dataset for fall detection using that, and a DVS-TN(DVS-Temporal Network). The…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-12-01 Hyunwoo Lee , Jooyoung Kim , Dojun Yang , Joon-Ho Kim

Detecting falls among the elderly and alerting their community responders can save countless lives. We design and develop a low-cost mobile robot that periodically searches the house for the person being monitored and sends an email to a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Shihab Uddin Ahamad , Masoud Ataei , Vijay Devabhaktuni , Vikas Dhiman

Social interactions play a crucial role in shaping human behavior, relationships, and societies. It encompasses various forms of communication, such as verbal conversation, non-verbal gestures, facial expressions, and body language. In this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Alice Zhang , Callihan Bertley , Dawei Liang , Edison Thomaz

In industrial applications, the early detection of malfunctioning factory machinery is crucial. In this paper, we consider acoustic malfunction detection via transfer learning. Contrary to the majority of current approaches which are based…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-19 Robert Müller , Fabian Ritz , Steffen Illium , Claudia Linnhoff-Popien

While activity recognition from inertial sensors holds potential for mobile health, differences in sensing platforms and user movement patterns cause performance degradation. Aiming to address these challenges, we propose a transfer…

Detecting unintended falls is essential for ambient intelligence and healthcare of elderly people living alone. In recent years, deep convolutional nets are widely used in human action analysis, based on which a number of fall detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-12-06 Yan Zhang , Heiko Neumann