Abstract: Fall in the present scenario has become a serious issue that causes many instant and long run weaknesses or diseases. Falls turn to be a health hazard if unnoticed in time. The concept is to have a fall detector that can differentiate between a fall and normal activities and sends an alarm to the nearby health centre or relatives without the intervention of the patient when fall is detected so that doctor can attend the patient at right time. In Indian Scenario, the increase of nuclear families is indicating the importance of usage of a fall detection gadget as the youth are leaving their elders in search of job migrating to the cities. This gadget not only is important for the elderly people but also to the people working on heights like mountaineers, painters etc.
The hardware implementation of fall detector is avoided as the accuracy of the working of the gadget is to be tested on the elderly person which is difficult and risk some. Thereby we have completely designed the software model using Lab View through which we can approximate the accuracy levels and process of implementing when done on hardware.
Keywords: Fall, Fall Detector, GSM, MEMS Accelerometer, Alarm, Elderly people, Activity, Lab View, VI [Virtual Instruments], Threshold, Health Centre, SMS.
Title: DESIGN OF A FALL DETECTOR USING LABVIEW
Author: Mahitha Gandla
International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research
ISSN 2348-6988 (online)
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