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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Israel Gannot, Ramat-HaSharon, IL;
Dimitry Litvak, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Yaniv Zigel, Omer, IL;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority, Beer-Sheva, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for detection of human falls comprises: an acceleration detector, for detecting vibration events, typically placed on a floor, a microphone, located in association with the acceleration detector for detection of corresponding sound events, and a classification unit to classify concurrent events from the microphone and the acceleration detector, thereby to determine whether a human fall is indicated. If the event appears to be a human fall, then an alarm is raised.