• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2016

낙상은 응급상황이 발생한 노인에게는 적절한 시간이 응급처치가 요구되는 주요한 상태이다. 응급상황의 경우, 낙상의 발생과 낙상 방향은 초기 상태의 응급처치를 위한 중요한 정보로 사용될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 낙상의 발생과 방향을 정확히 판단하는 시스템을 구현하였다. 낙상과 방향을 감지하기 위하여 하나의 3축 자이로도센서(MPU-6050)를 사용하였다. 제안된 낙상 방향 알고리듬은 X와 Y축 가속도값을 사용하여 낙상여부와 앞, 뒤 좌,우 및 중간방향을 포함한 8개 낙상방향을 감지하였다. 제안된 시스템은 선택적인 가속도 임계값을 사용하여 97% 이상의 낙상과 낙상방향을 성공적으로 감지함을 보였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.1564-1572
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 3축 가속도 신호를 이용하여 낙상과 낙상 방향을 검출하는 시스템을 구현하였다. 가속도 신호는 3축 가속도 센서로부터 획득하였으며, 획득된 신호를 USB 인터페이스를 통하여 PC에 전달하였다. PC에 전송된 신호를 제안한 알고리즘을 사용하여 낙상을 검출하였으며, 퍼지 분류기를 사용하여 낙상의 방향을 분류하였다. 실험을 위하여 실험대상군 6명 선정하였으며, 가슴에 가속도계를 부착한 후 실험을 수행하였다. 실험대상자는 5초 동안 정상 보행을 한 후 4 가지 방향(전 후 좌 우)으로 낙상이 발생하도록 하였으며, 낙상에 소요되는 시간은 최소 2초로 설정하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 알고리즘을 이용하여 낙상을 검출하였으며 낙상 발생 후 1초부터 데이터를 분석하고 퍼지 분류기를 이용하여 낙상방향을 분류하였다. 낙상 검출율은 평균 94.79%이었다. 낙상 방향에 따른 분류율은 front_fall은 95.83%, back_fall은 100%, left_fall 은 87.5%, right_fall은 95.83%이었다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.327-330
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• 2016

Currently, the world's elderly population continues to grow at a dramatic rate. As the number of senior citizens increases, detection of someone falling has attracted increasing attention for visual surveillance systems. This paper presents a novel fall-detection algorithm using motion estimation and an integrated spatiotemporal energy map of the object region. The proposed method first extracts a human region using a background subtraction method. Next, we applied an optical flow algorithm to estimate motion vectors, and an energy map is generated by accumulating the detected human region for a certain period of time. We can then detect a fall using k-nearest neighbor (kNN) classification with the previously estimated motion information and energy map. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively detect someone falling in any direction, including at an angle parallel to the camera's optical axis.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.1204-1208
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• 2011

In this study, we proposed the system that calculates the algorithm with an accelerometer signal and detects the fall shock and it's direction. In order to gather the activity patterns of fall status and attach on the subject's body without consciousness, the device needs to be small. With this aim, it is attached on the right side of subject's waist. With roll and pitch angle which represent the activity of upper body, the fall situation is determined and classified into the posture pattern. The impact is calculated by the vector magnitude of accelerometer signal. And in the case of the elderly keep the same posture after fall, it can distinguish the situation whether they can stand by themselves or not. Our experimental results showed that 95% successful detection rate of fall activity with 10 subjects. For further improvement of our system, it is necessary to include tasks-oriented classifying algorithm to diverse fall conditions.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2024

Purpose: Falls among persons older than 65 years are a significant concern due to their frequency and severity. This study aimed to develop a vest-type embedded artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of detecting and predicting falls in various scenarios. Methods: In this study, we established and developed a vest-type embedded AI system to judge and predict falls in various directions and situations. To train the AI, we collected data using acceleration and gyroscope values from a six-axis sensor attached to the seventh cervical and the second sacral vertebrae of the user, considering accurate motion analysis of the human body. The model was constructed using a neural network-based AI prediction algorithm to anticipate the direction of falls using the collected pedestrian data. Results: We focused on developing a lightweight and efficient fall prediction model for integration into an embedded AI algorithm system, ensuring real-time network optimization. Our results showed that the accuracy of fall occurrence and direction prediction using the trained fall prediction model was 89.0% and 78.8%, respectively. Furthermore, the fall occurrence and direction prediction accuracy of the model quantized for embedded porting was 87.0 % and 75.5 %, respectively. Conclusion: The developed fall detection and prediction system, designed as a vest-type with an embedded AI algorithm, offers the potential to provide real-time feedback to pedestrians in clinical settings and proactively prepare for accidents.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.293-298
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• 2007

The aged are faced with increasing risk for falls. The aged have more fragile bones than others. When falls occur, it is important to detect this emergency state because such events often lead to more serious illness or even death. A implementation of PDA system, for detection of emergency situation, was developed using 3-axis accelerometer in this paper as follows. The signals were acquired from the 3-axis accelerometer, and then transmitted to the PDA through a Bluetooth module. This system can classify human activity, and also detect an emergency state like falls. When the fall occurs, the system generates the alarm on the PDA. If a subject does not respond to the alarm, the system determines whether the current situation is an emergency state or not, and then sends some information to the emergency center in the case of an urgent situation. Three different studies were conducted on 12 experimental subjects, with results indicating a good accuracy. The first study was performed to detect the posture change of human daily activity. The second study was performed to detect the correct direction of fall. The third study was conducted to check the classification of the daily physical activity. Each test lasted at least 1 min. in the third study. The output of the acceleration signal was compared and evaluated by changing various postures after attaching a 3-axis accelerometer module on the chest. The newly developed system has some important features such as portability, convenience and low cost. One of the main advantages of this system is that it is available at home healthcare environment. Another important feature lies in its low cost of manufacture. The implemented system can detect the fall accurately, so it will be widely used in emergency situations.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.937-943
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• 2016

Vertical velocity is critical in many areas, such as the control of unmanned aerial vehicles, fall detection, and virtual reality. Conventionally, the integration of GPS (Global Positioning System) with an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) was popular for the estimation of vertical components. However, GPS cannot work well indoors and, more importantly, has low accuracy in the vertical direction. In order to overcome these issues, IMU-barometer integration has been suggested instead of IMU-GPS integration. This paper proposes a new complementary filter for the estimation of vertical velocity based on IMU-barometer integration. The proposed complementary filter is designed to minimize drift error in the estimated velocity by adding PID control in addition to a zero velocity update technique.