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Falls have become more frequent in recent years, which has been harmful for senior citizens.Therefore detecting falls have become important and several data sets and machine learning model have been introduced related to fall detection. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-02 Xi Wang , Ramya Penta , Bhavya Sehgal , Dale Chen-Song

Fall detection in specialized homes for the elderly is challenging. Vision-based fall detection solutions have a significant advantage over sensor-based ones as they do not instrument the resident who can suffer from mental diseases. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-12 Alexy Carlier , Paul Peyramaure , Ketty Favre , Muriel Pressigout

In the last two decades, fall detection (FD) systems have been developed as a popular assistive technology. Such systems automatically detect critical fall events and immediately alert medical professionals or caregivers. To support…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-28 Kai-Chun Liu , Kuo-Hsuan Hung , Chia-Yeh Hsieh , Hsiang-Yun Huang , Chia-Tai Chan , Yu Tsao

Fall detection based on embedded sensor is a practical and popular research direction in recent years. In terms of a specific application: fall detection methods based upon physics sensors such as [gyroscope and accelerator] have been…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-13 Zeyuan Qu , Tiange Huang , Yuxin Ji , Yongjun Li

Falls are a major cause of injuries and deaths among older adults worldwide. Accurate fall detection can help reduce potential injuries and additional health complications. Different types of video modalities can be used in a home setting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Stefan Denkovski , Shehroz S. Khan , Alex Mihailidis

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…

Falls are one of the important causes of accidental or unintentional injury death worldwide. Therefore, this paper presents a reliable fall detection algorithm and a mobile cloud collaboration system for fall detection. The algorithm is an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-11 Tong Wu , Yang Gu , Yiqiang Chen , Yunlong Xiao , Jiwei Wang

Falls, highly common in the constantly increasing global aging population, can have a variety of negative effects on their health, well-being, and quality of life, including restricting their capabilities to conduct Activities of Daily…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Nirmalya Thakur , Chia Y. Han

Life expectancy keeps growing and, among elderly people, accidental falls occur frequently. A system able to promptly detect falls would help in reducing the injuries that a fall could cause. Such a system should meet the needs of the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-11-02 Daniela Micucci , Marco Mobilio , Paolo Napoletano , Francesco Tisato

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

Fall detection, particularly critical for high-risk demographics like the elderly, is a key public health concern where timely detection can greatly minimize harm. With the advancements in radio frequency technology, radar has emerged as a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Shuting Hu , Siyang Cao , Nima Toosizadeh , Jennifer Barton , Melvin G. Hector , Mindy J. Fain

Personalized fall detection system is shown to provide added and more benefits compare to the current fall detection system. The personalized model can also be applied to anything where one class of data is hard to gather. The results show…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Pranesh Vallabh , Nazanin Malekian , Reza Malekian , Ting-Mei Li

Falls are serious and costly for elderly people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the US reports that millions of older people, 65 and older, fall each year at least once. Serious injuries such as; hip fractures, broken…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-16 Markus D. Solbach , John K. Tsotsos

Older people are susceptible to fall due to instability in posture and deteriorating health. Immediate access to medical support can greatly reduce repercussions. Hence, there is an increasing interest in automated fall detection, often…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Sania Zahan , Ghulam Mubashar Hassan , Ajmal Mian

Effective methods of preventing falls significantly improve the quality of life of the Elderly. Nowadays, people focus mainly on the proper provision of the apartment with handrails and fall detection systems once they have occurred. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-02 Dawid Gruszczyński , Maciej Stefańczyk

Falls are a common cause of fatal injuries and hospitalization. However, having fall detection on person, in particular for senior citizens can prove to be critical. Presently,there are handheld, ambient detector and vision-based detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Fatima Ahmed , Parag Biswas , Abdur Rashid , Md. Khaliluzzaman

In recent years, as the population ages, falls have increasingly posed a significant threat to the health of the elderly. We propose a real-time fall detection system that integrates the inertial measurement unit (IMU) of a smartphone with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Lingyun Wang , Deqi Su , Aohua Zhang , Yujun Zhu , Weiwei Jiang , Xin He , Panlong Yang

A fall is an abnormal activity that occurs rarely; however, missing to identify falls can have serious health and safety implications on an individual. Due to the rarity of occurrence of falls, there may be insufficient or no training data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-02-05 Shehroz S. Khan , Jesse Hoey

Fall risk prediction among hospitalized patients is a critical aspect of patient safety in clinical settings, and accurate models can help prevent adverse events. The Hester Davis Score (HDS) is commonly used to assess fall risk, with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Hojjat Salehinejad , Ricky Rojas , Kingsley Iheasirim , Mohammed Yousufuddin , Bijan Borah

Agentic AI, with goal-directed, proactive, and autonomous decision-making capabilities, offers a compelling opportunity to address movement-related risks in human activity, including the persistent hazard of falls among elderly populations.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Farbod Zorriassatine , Ahmad Lotfi