Ifall: An Android Application For Fall Monitoring and Response
Ifall: An Android Application For Fall Monitoring and Response
Ifall: An Android Application For Fall Monitoring and Response
ABSTRACT:
Fall related injuries are the leading cause of death and hospitalization among the elderly. Falls among older people become a major problem facing hospitals and nursing homes .For seniors who prefer to stay at their homes and live independently, the device can communicate with their smart phone to request help if needed. There is also an option of having a live video feed from the specific room where the fall was detected.
INTRODUCTION:
For elderly people unexpected falls can cause significant injuries. Fall related injuries are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among adults 65 years old and older; these injuries are also the number one reason for emergency room visits .An average nursing home with 100 beds will experience anywhere from 100 to 200 falls annually, with typical nursing home patient experiencing a fall 2.6 times per year . Elderly people aged 65 and older experience the majority of these falls. Falls among older people become one of the most common and often critical problems facing hospitals and health care providers. For that reason previous research has approached this problem to come up with a mechanism to detect falls. Common fall detection methods include a detection feature and a trigger to issue an emergency call to provide medical care. Independent living for the elderly is an important topic that we tried to tackle in this project. A variety of independent living products and services are now available to help seniors remain in their own homes despite their changing physical needs. This helps delay -and in many cases, totally avoid- moving into assisted living or nursing homes. These products have one thing in common; which is the high cost that made them difficult to be commercially successful for personal use. The high cost comes from the fees that you have to pay monthly for the service as well as the cost of the equipment.
The service includes a dispatcher that is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week waiting for a call to send the help needed, this dispatcher can send help if the elderly push the button and ask for help. In many cases seniors fall and their head hit the wall or the floor and become unconscious and cant push the button or ask for help which make these products unreliable. In my project, I worked on solving the two main problems, the reliability of the product and the high cost
BLOCK DIAGRAM:
WORKING:
Figure 4.7, shows the process of calling for help using an Android phone. The Android phone in case of a fall is programmed to call 911 directly for medical help, or call a family member. For example in case of a fall Android phone will trigger an action to call 911 for help. on the other hand if the panic button is pressed, every contact in the emergency list is sent a SMS message This message states a fall was detected, the
given time, location, and password. It also asks the contacted person to provide obtained password. If password is correct, an audio message is played on the fallees phone, connection with the social contact is automatically made, and the phone is placed on speaker. Enabling bidirectional voice communication between the fallee and social contact greatly reduces the number of false positives. An IP camera can also be used in the elderly home and can be turned on by a family member once he/she receives a call for help so they watch what is happening from anywhere using their mobile and can properly evaluate the situation and take a proper action. The application displays a small list of configuration options when the phones Menu key is pressed. The option under the applications menu is Manage Contacts. This allows the user to add social contacts to his/her emergency contact list.
Fast Find Fall Detection Application: Every Room will be installed with its own Bluetooth transmitter representing that room. Now, If a fall is detected or the panic button is pressed, the Phone check the room ID by searching for the nearest Bluetooth device (Using RSS technology).The application on cell waits for patient response by pressing panic button which confirms patient is Ok, still need some assistance. The phone calls family members they can activate Specific room camera to watch, what the situation is. If he couldnt respond, Cell phone will call emergency service (911).
EXISTING SYSTEM:
Fall detection is based on algorithms that use sensor values such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, and air pressure sensors. These sensors cannot fully differentiate between falls and ADL (Activity of Daily living); This leads to a high percentage of false alarms which is the main reason for the failure of these systems, thus they are mainly rejected for commercial use by monitoring services
PROPOSE SYSTEM:
In our design, we tried to tackle the problem and find solutions for assistant living for the elderly by adding the room location capability to identify the location of the fall send this information to software that triggers a wireless camera and stream a live video feed of that room. By doing so we can identify the fall first and send medical care to the patient which is an optimal solution for an assisted living situation where you have a large number of elderly people as well as large number of rooms. Independent living for the elderly is also an important aspect of this project. The high cost of these systems for personal use made it difficult to be commercially successful. In this project different wireless technologies are introduced and the reason of choosing one particular technology over others is discussed.
SYSTEM SPECIFICATION:
Hardware Requirements
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Pentium IV 1GB 80 GB
Software Requirements Platform Front End Eclipse Galileo. Android SDK 2.2 :Windows XP : Java JDK1.6,
Advantages:
More Portable than existing system.
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