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Inpatient falls are a serious safety issue in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Recent advances in video analytics for patient monitoring provide a non-intrusive avenue to reduce this risk through continuous activity monitoring. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-06 Ziqing Wang , Mohammad Ali Armin , Simon Denman , Lars Petersson , David Ahmedt-Aristizabal

Falls are a common problem affecting the older adults and a major public health issue. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and World Health Organization report that one in three adults over the age of 65 and half of the adults over…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Salma Chaieb , Brahim Hnich , Ali Ben Mrad

Unintentional or accidental falls are one of the significant health issues in senior persons. The population of senior persons is increasing steadily. So, there is a need for an automated fall detection monitoring system. This paper…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Ekram Alam , Abu Sufian , Paramartha Dutta , Marco Leo

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

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

Falls are a major cause of injury and mortality among older adults, yet most incidents occur in private indoor environments where monitoring must balance effectiveness with privacy. Existing privacy-preserving fall detection approaches,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Chengxiao Li , Xie Zhang , Wei Zhu , Yan Jiang , Chenshu Wu

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

Fall prevalence is high among elderly people, which is challenging due to the severe consequences of falling. This is why rapid assistance is a critical task. Ambient assisted living (AAL) uses recent technologies such as 5G networks and…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become integral to our everyday lives. Computer vision has advanced to the point where it can play the safety critical role of detecting pedestrians at road intersections in intelligent transportation…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Muhammad Dany Alfikri , Rafael Kaliski

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

Falls among individuals, especially the elderly population, can lead to serious injuries and complications. Detecting impact moments within a fall event is crucial for providing timely assistance and minimizing the negative consequences. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Tresor Y. Koffi , Youssef Mourchid , Mohammed Hindawi , Yohan Dupuis

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 position paper envisions a next-generation elderly monitoring system that moves beyond fall detection toward the broader goal of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) recognition. Our ultimate aim is to design privacy-preserving,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Xun Shao , Aoba Otani , Yuto Hirasuka , Runji Cai , Seng W. Loke

Deep learning based fall detection is one of the crucial tasks for intelligent video surveillance systems, which aims to detect unintentional falls of humans and alarm dangerous situations. In this work, we propose a simple and efficient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Sunhee Hwang , Minsong Ki , Seung-Hyun Lee , Sanghoon Park , Byoung-Ki Jeon

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

The increasing pace of population aging calls for better care and support systems. Falling is a frequent and critical problem for elderly people causing serious long-term health issues. Fall detection from video streams is not an attractive…

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

The growing number of differently-abled and elderly individuals demands affordable, intelligent wheelchairs that combine safe navigation with health monitoring. Traditional wheelchairs lack dynamic features, and many smart alternatives…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Md. Asiful Islam , Abdul Hasib , Tousif Mahmud Emon , Khandaker Tabin Hasan , A. S. M. Ahsanul Sarkar Akib

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

This paper deals with the problem of detecting fallen people lying on the floor by means of a mobile robot equipped with a 3D depth sensor. In the proposed algorithm, inspired by semantic segmentation techniques, the 3D scene is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Morris Antonello , Marco Carraro , Marco Pierobon , Emanuele Menegatti

In this paper, a method to detect environmental hazards related to a fall risk using a mobile vision system is proposed. First-person perspective videos are proposed to provide objective evidence on cause and circumstances of perturbed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-03 Mina Nouredanesh , Andrew McCormick , Sunil L. Kukreja , James Tung