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In this paper, we use a low-cost low-power mm-wave frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar for the in-vehicle occupant detection. We propose an algorithm using Capon filter for the joint range-azimuth estimation. Then, the minimum…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-17 Mostafa Alizadeh , Hajar Abedi , George Shaker

Falls among seniors are a major public health issue. Existing solutions using wearable sensors, ambient sensors, and RGB-based vision systems face challenges in reliability, user compliance, and practicality. Studies indicate that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Christopher Silver , Thangarajah Akilan

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

Falls in wet bathroom environments are a major safety risk for seniors living alone. Recent work has shown that mmWave-only, vibration-only, and existing multimodal schemes, such as vibration-triggered radar activation, early feature…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Haitian Wang , Yiren Wang , Xinyu Wang , Sheldon Fung , Atif Mansoor

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

Fall detection for the elderly is a well-researched problem with several proposed solutions, including wearable and non-wearable techniques. While the existing techniques have excellent detection rates, their adoption by the target…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-08-24 Prabhjot Kaur , Qifan Wang , Weisong Shi

Radar-based human activity recognition has gained attention as a privacy-preserving alternative to vision and wearable sensors, especially in sensitive environments like long-term care facilities. Micro-Doppler spectrograms derived from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Huy Trinh , Davis Liu , Munia Humaira , Peter Lee , Zhou Wang

In this paper, we address the limitations of traditional constant false alarm rate (CFAR) target detectors in automotive radars, particularly in complex urban environments with multiple objects that appear as extended targets. We propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-18 Ignacio Roldan , Andras Palffy , Julian F. P. Kooij , Dariu M. Gavrila , Francesco Fioranelli , Alexander Yarovoy

The increasing shortage of nursing staff and the acute risk of falls in nursing homes pose significant challenges for the healthcare system. This study presents the development of an automated fall detection system integrated into care…

Fall detection is critical to support the growing elderly population, projected to reach 2.1 billion by 2050. However, existing methods often face data scarcity challenges or compromise privacy. We propose a novel IoT-based Fall Detection…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Abdallah Lakhdari , Jiajie Li , Amani Abusafia , Athman Bouguettaya

Non-contact vital sign detection is a required application nowadays in many fields as patient monitoring and static human detection. Within the last decade, radar has been introduced as a smart and convenient sensor for non-contact…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-11-28 Sherif Abdulatif , Fady Aziz , Pelin Altiner , Bernhard Kleiner , Urs Schneider

Learning robust radar perception models directly from real measurements is costly due to the need for controlled experiments, repeated calibration, and extensive annotation. This paper proposes a lightweight simulation-to-real (sim2real)…

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

Most smart systems such as smart home and smart health response to human's locations and activities. However, traditional solutions are either require wearable sensors or lead to leaking privacy. This work proposes an ambient radar solution…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-12-19 Hanqing Guo , Nan Zhang , Wenjun Shi , Saeed AlQarni , Shaoen Wu

This paper considers mutual interference mitigation among automotive radars using frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) virtual arrays. For the first time, we derive a general…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-07 Sian Jin , Pu Perry Wang , Petros Boufounos , Philip V. Orlik , Ryuhei Takahashi , Sumit Roy

Device-free fall detection utilizing WiFi Channel State Information (CSI) has emerged as a promising, privacy-preserving solution for elderly health monitoring in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. However, existing deep learning approaches…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Yingzhe Wang , Cunhua Pan , Ruijing Liu , Shaokai Li , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Jiangzhou Wang

In recent years a growing interest on action recognition is observed, including detection of fall accident for the elderly. However, despite many efforts undertaken, the existing technology is not widely used by elderly, mainly because of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-06-27 Michal Kepski

By 2050, people aged 65 and over are projected to make up 16 percent of the global population. As aging is closely associated with increased fall risk, particularly in wet and confined environments such as bathrooms where over 80 percent of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Haitian Wang , Yiren Wang , Xinyu Wang , Yumeng Miao , Yuliang Zhang , Yu Zhang , Atif Mansoor

We present a novel framework for floor plan-based, full six degree-of-freedom LiDAR localization. Our approach relies on robust ceiling and ground plane detection, which solves part of the pose and supports the segmentation of vertical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-16 Ling Gao , Laurent Kneip

In this work, we develop centralized and decentralized signal fusion techniques for constant false alarm rate (CFAR) multi-target detection with a cognitive radar network in unknown noise and clutter distributions. Further, we first develop…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-24 Nicholas L. K. Goradia , Harpreet S. Dhillon , R. Michael Buehrer

Continuous detection of human activities and presence is essential for developing a pervasive interactive smart space. Existing literature lacks robust wireless sensing mechanisms capable of continuously monitoring multiple users'…

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