Apple Inc.

Sheena Sharma

Hung A Pham

Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram

Umamahesh Srinivas

Xiaoyuan Tu

Alexander Singh Alvarado

Xing Tan

Yann Jerome Julien Renard

Hengliang Zhang

Huayu Ding

Harshavardhan Mylapilli

Geoffrey Louis Chi-Johnston

Vivek Garg

Parisa Dehleh Hossein Zadeh

Adeeti V Ullal

Xiaoyue Zhang

Parisa Deleh Hossein Zadeh

In an example method, a mobile device obtains a signal indicating an acceleration measured by a sensor over a time period. The mobile device determines an impact experienced by the user based on the signal. The mobile device also determines, based on the signal, one or more first motion characteristics of the user during a time prior to the impact, and one or more second motion characteristics of the user during a time after the impact. The mobile device determines that the user has fallen based on the impact, the one or more first motion characteristics of the user, and the one or more second motion characteristics of the user, and in response, generates a notification indicating that the user has fallen.

Detecting falls using a mobile device

In an example method, a mobile device receives motion data obtained by one or more sensors over a time period, where the one or more sensors are worn by a user, The mobile device determines, based on the motion data, an impact experienced by the user during the time of period, and determines one or more of characteristics of the user. The mobile device determines, based on the motion data and the one or more characteristics of the user, a likelihood that the user requires assistance subsequent to the impact, and generates one or more notifications based on likelihood.

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Sheena Sharma