Automatic human fall detection in fractional fourier domain for assisted living

Shengheng Liu, Zhengxin Zeng, Yimin D. Zhang, Tingting Fan, Tao Shan, Ran Tao

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Abstract

Fast and accurate detection of elderly falls can significantly reduce the rate of morbidity and mortality. In the past decade, extensive research has been performed to achieve real-time fall monitoring solutions. In this paper, we consider the radar-based modality and utilize the family of fractional Fourier transform to enhance the motion Doppler signature of falls. Compare with the conventional time-frequency analysis approaches, the proposed method achieves higher signal energy concentration and thus yields improved fall detection in low signal-to-noise ratio scenarios. Experimental results are used to validate the theoretical analysis and to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages799-803
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479999880
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 May 2016
Event41st IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2016 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 20 Mar 201625 Mar 2016

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume2016-May
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference41st IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period20/03/1625/03/16

Keywords

  • Radar Doppler spectrogram
  • biomedical signal processing
  • fall detection
  • fractional Fourier transform
  • short-time Fourier transform

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