Design and Implementation an Enhanced Fall Detection System for Elderly Person with GSM and GPS Technology

Abstract

Fall-related accident and injury are a standout among the most widely recognized motivations to a reason for death and hospitalization between elderly. Falls among older people become a major problem facing hospitals and nursing homes. The eldercare problem becomes important due to the population aging. An enhanced fall detection system is proposed for elderly person monitoring that is based on-body sensor. Various fall-detection solutions have been previously proposed to create a reliable monitoring system for elderly people with high requirements on precision. In this paper, an enhanced fall detection system is proposed for elderly person monitoring that is based on smart sensors worn on the body and operating through long distance as well as consumer home networks. The principle behind this work is the detection of changes in the motion and position using the sensor which tracks the acceleration changes in three orthogonal directions. By using MEM's accelerometer sensor is used for determining exact angle of an elderly person with the help of signal magnitude vector (SMV). When the fall is detected the GPS locates the exact fall location and GSM modem is used to transmit the message to the mobile phone of caretakers/relatives of the fallen subjects at that time also send their latitude and longitude value by using GPS. This alert message helps to provide immediate assistance and treatment.