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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2014
Applicants:

GE Yi, San Ramon, CA (US);

Dujiang Wan, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ge Yi, San Ramon, CA (US);

Dujiang Wan, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G08B 13/10 (2006.01); G01P 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/0446 (2013.01); G01P 15/036 (2013.01); G01P 15/08 (2013.01); G08B 13/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Fall detection method and systems with its unique designed sensors are disclosed. The capacitive sensing based systems use the abrupt changes of the capacitance value to detect whether a real fall event happens, while the reed sensor/or reed switch based systems work in power saving passive mode to detect the real fall event by analyzing the binary 'on/off' signal available from the reed sensor/or reed switch. Both rely on the orientation change of the host body respects to local gravity direction during the falling process. The system can present either as a standalone system or a built-in component with supporting software installed on other devices.


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