Bor-rong Chen, Ph.D.Chief Technology Officer BioSensics LLC
Demonstration: Fall Detection and Risk of Falling Assessment with Wearable Sensors
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• Commonly Employed Approaches– Self-report (wireless help button)– Simple threshold based detection
Automatic Fall Detection
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PAMSysTM Motion Sensor
PAMSys (Physical Activity Monitoring System)
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PAMSysTM Sensor
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Algorithms: Fall Detection
PAMSysTM
Postural Analysis:
Sitting, Standing, Lying, Walking
Posture-dependent False Alarm Removal
Rules
Post Shock Analysis
Peak Detection(shock detected?)
Shock Threshold
Transversal Plane
Acceleration
3-axis Acceleration Report
Falls
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PAMSysTM Sensor
Questions & Comments?Questions & Comments?