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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Warner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate, Eindhoven, NL;
Heribert Baldus, Aachen, DE;
Sheng Jin, Shanghai, CN;
Yang Peng, Shanghai, CN;
Warner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate, Eindhoven, NL;
Heribert Baldus, Aachen, DE;
Sheng Jin, Shanghai, CN;
Yang Peng, Shanghai, CN;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
There is provided a fall detection and/or prevention system, comprising one or more sensors for detecting characteristics of movement of a user of the fall detection and/or prevention system and for generating corresponding signals; processing means for analyzing the signals from the one or more sensors using a fall detection algorithm to determine if a fall has taken place or is likely to take place; wherein the processing means is further adapted to update said fall detection algorithm based on the result of the analysis of the signals and an indication whether a fall has actually taken place from the user or a third party.