Fall Monitor: Detector de Quedas para Dispositivos Móveis para Cuidado à Pessoas com Mobilidade Debilitada

Lukas M. Torquato, André Felipe Monteiro, Felipe da Rocha Henriques

DOI: 10.14209/sbrt.2017.79

Evento: XXXV Simpósio Brasileiro de Telecomunicações e Processamento de Sinais (SBrT2017)

Keywords: Fall detection Android Smartphone

Abstract

Elderly, patients who suffered from strokes, neurological, articular, cardiovascular illness and other diseases like muscular dystrophies are examples of cases which affects an individual’s mobility. Thus, remote monitoring and care is an effective way to avoid the worsening of these sequels. With this question in mind, the development of a tool for smartphones to assist the caretaking, capable of detecting a injured patient’s fall, was initiated, which alerts a caregiver and makes easier the arrival of help to rescue the monitored user in a quicker and more effective manner.

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