Fall detection via human posture representation and support vector machine
Accidental falls of elderly people are a major cause of fatal injuries, especially for those living alone. We present a novel vision–based fall detection approach that analyzes an extracted human body using described human postures. First, a human body extracted by a background subtraction technique...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-05-01
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Series: | International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147717707418 |