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AI-Based Fall Detection Using Contactless Sensing

  • Ahmad Taha
  • , Mohammad M.A. Taha
  • , Basel Barakat
  • , William Taylor
  • , Qammer H. Abbasi
  • , Muhammad Ali Imran
  • University of Glasgow
  • Independent Scholar
  • Edinburgh Napier University

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Abstract

Falls are a major health concern for the elderly as it threatens their livelihood and independence. Nearly 50% of the older adults, aged over 65 years old, fall in a span of 5 years, with 62% sustaining injuries and 28% extensive protracting injuries. This paper presents a high accuracy contactless falls detection framework based on channel state information extracted from software-defined radios. The aim is to develop a system capable of detecting whether an individual subject is present within the sensing area, or if the subject is falling, and, finally, if the subject is performing one of three other activities, including sitting, standing, and walking. The results showed a promising detection accuracy of 95.6% and 98%, using the 10-fold cross-validation and train-test split methods, based on the Random Forest classifier, respectively. Furthermore, we present a real-time analysis of the system to highlight its capability to detect, analyze, and report falls in real-time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728195018
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event20th IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021 - Virtual, Online, Australia
Duration: 31 Oct 20214 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Sensors
Volume2021-October
ISSN (Print)1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)2168-9229

Conference

Conference20th IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityVirtual, Online
Period31/10/214/11/21

Keywords

  • Channel State information
  • Falls detection
  • Machine learning
  • Random Forest

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