Optimization and evaluation of the human fall detection system

Hadeel Alzoubi; Naeem Ramzan; Hasan Shahriar; Raid Alzubi; Ryan Gibson; Abbes Amira

doi:10.1117/12.2242162

26 October 2016 Optimization and evaluation of the human fall detection system

Hadeel Alzoubi, Naeem Ramzan, Hasan Shahriar, Raid Alzubi, Ryan Gibson, Abbes Amira

Proceedings Volume 10008, Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments; 1000816 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2242162
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Falls are the most critical health problem for elderly people, which are often, cause significant injuries. To tackle a serious risk that made by the fall, we develop an automatic wearable fall detection system utilizing two devices (mobile phone and wireless sensor) based on three axes accelerometer signals. The goal of this study is to find an effective machine learning method that distinguish falls from activities of daily living (ADL) using only a single triaxial accelerometer. In addition, comparing the performance results for wearable sensor and mobile device data .The proposed model detects the fall by using seven different classifiers and the significant performance is demonstrated using accuracy, recall, precision and F-measure. Our model obtained accuracy over 99% on wearable device data and over 97% on mobile phone data.

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Hadeel Alzoubi, Naeem Ramzan, Hasan Shahriar, Raid Alzubi, Ryan Gibson, and Abbes Amira "Optimization and evaluation of the human fall detection system", Proc. SPIE 10008, Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments, 1000816 (26 October 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2242162

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