Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Stephan Schlumbohm

Heribert Baldus

Ronald Dekker

Ludovicus Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen

Jacob Roger Haartsen

Ingrid Christina Maria Flinsenberg

Ningjiang Chen

Wei Zhang

Wei Yuan

Warner Ten Kate

Sheng Kim

Wiebren Zijlstra

Bozema Erdmann

Rudie Bernardus Maria Schonenberg

There is provided a fall detector for detecting falls of a user or an object to which the fall detector is attached, characterized in that the fall detector comprises an air flow sensor for providing measurements indicative of vertical velocity and/or changes in altitude of the fall detector.

Fall detectors and a method of detecting falls

There is provided a method for identifying a sit-to-stand transfer in measurements of the movement of a user, the method comprising obtaining measurements of the vertical acceleration experienced by the user during movement; obtaining measurements indicating changes in height of a part of the user during movement; processing the measurements of the vertical acceleration to identify candidate movements corresponding to a sit-to-stand transfer by the user; and determining an identified candidate movement as a sit-to-stand transfer where the identified candidate movement coincides with an increase in height. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

Sit-to-stand transfer detection

The power used by a user in performing the vertical component of a movement is estimated. An accelerometer attached to a user measures the acceleration experienced by the user during movement. A processor configured to receive the measurements of the acceleration from the accelerometer, be attached to the user, estimate the vertical accelerations from the received acceleration measurements, and estimate the power used from the vertical accelerations.

Power measurement method and apparatus

A system for wireless communication in a network includes: a resource-restricted device transmitting a data frame to be forwarded to a destination device in the network, wherein the data frame includes a source identifier of the resource-restricted device, wherein the source identifier is not a valid network address for the network; a proxy device receiving the data frame from the resource-restricted device, deriving a network address for the resource-restricted device as a function of the source identifier of the resource-restricted device, and constructing, from the data frame, a packet to be forwarded to at least the destination device. Constructing the packet involves: including, in the packet, data from the data frame, and including, in the packet, the derived network address for the resource-restricted device as a source address for the packet. The proxy device associates a delay to the packet, and schedules transmission of the packet after the delay.

Method for communicating in a network comprising a batteryless zigbee device, network and device therefor

The invention relates to a fall detection system, for detecting human fall incidents. The detection system comprises a sensor module to be worn by a user, for collecting motion data of his body, for instance acceleration data; first evaluation logic for identifying a potential fall incident on the basis of an impact observed in the acceleration data; and second evaluation logic for verifying that the sensor module is actually worn by the user, at least around the time of said impact, to prevent the system from raising an alarm if only the sensor module has fallen. The second evaluation logic may comprise free fall detection means for evaluating the acceleration data on characteristics which are typical for a free falling object, such as one or more full rotation and/or a free falling phase, during which the magnitude of the acceleration data is relatively stable and small. Additionally or alternatively the second evaluation logic may comprise body proximity detection means for detecting whether the sensor module is in close proximity to the human body.

Fall detection system

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Stephan Schlumbohm