Novel Algorithm on Human Body Fall Detection

Abstract

This research work provides a novel algorithm in computer vision for detecting human fall by the help of the trigonometric equation without any sort of machine learning or deep neural networks. Manual monitoring for fall detection can be very expensive as well as time consuming. There are many kinds of research on fall detection recently, but most of them either use wearable sensor technology or machine learning. Very few kinds of research have used image processing technique, where the end result is not much promising. Wearing additional sensors for detecting fall can be uncomfortable for senior citizens. Additionally, machine learning techniques, which requires heavy computational power of computers, might not be financially feasible for massive use, especially residential places. In this research, we have developed an algorithm, that depends on traditional computer vision and trigonometric logic, which requires very less computational power. This is ideal for massive use either for residential use or industrial purposes.