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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Javier Espina Perez, Eindhoven, NL;
Vincent Alexander Rudolf Aarts, Eindhoven, NL;
Aki Sakari Harma, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device, system and method for reliable and fast fall detection. The device comprises a sensor input () for obtaining sensor data related to movement of a subject acquired by a body-worn sensor () worn by the subject, and a video input () for obtaining video data of the subject and/or the subject's environment. An analysis unit () analyzes the obtained sensor data to detect one or more signal features indicative of a potential fall of the subject and for analyzing, if one or more such signal features have been detected, the detected one or more signal features and/or related sensor data in combination with related video data to identify similarities between: changes of the related sensor data and/or the signal features over time; and changes of the video data over time. An output () issues a fall detection indication if the level and/or amount of detected similarities exceeds a corresponding threshold.