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Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc2012;20124038-41.January 1, 2012Journal Article

Skin-contact sensor for automatic fall detection.

Ravi Narasimhan1
1Vital Connect, Inc., 2105 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 316, Campbell, CA 95008, USA. rnarasimhan@vitalconnect.com
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Abstract

This paper describes an adhesive sensor system worn on the skin that automatically detects human falls. The sensor, which consists of a tri-axial accelerometer, a microcon-troller and a Bluetooth Low Energy transceiver, can be worn anywhere on a subject's torso and in any orientation. In order to distinguish easily between falls and activities of daily living (ADL), a possible fall is detected onl…

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