TY - JOUR T1 - Fall Detection with Support Vector Machine for Elderly Care using Pressure Sensor Grid AU - Lim, Way-Soong AU - Kumar, Viknesh AU - Yeo, Boon-Chin JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 15 IS - 2 SP - 636 EP - 642 PY - 2020 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2020.636.642 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.636.642 KW - Fall detection KW -pressure sensor KW -support vector machine KW -elderly care KW -postures KW -objective AB - Generally, falling is prevalent in elderly of age 65 and above due to age-related biological changes. Falls can be life-threatening if noticed late. Hence, a fall detection and surveillance device was developed to monitor elderly living alone. The primary objective is to build a pressure sensitive mat capable of detecting fall through image processing. The subjects tested resembled the stature of elderly. The accuracy of the system in detecting fall is 93% while the accuracies for the other postures such as standing and sitting yield 93.5 and 81.5%, respectively. ER -