Fall detection system and method
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1. A fall detection system for use in detecting falls by a user, the fall detection system comprising:
- a processing unit configured to determine context information about the user and/or an environment in which the user is located, and to increase a detection sensitivity of a fall detection algorithm used to detect falls by the user based on the determined context information indicating that the user is at an increased risk of falling, the increase in detection sensitivity occurring while the increased risk of falling is indicated by the determined context information.
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Abstract
There is provided a fall detection system for use in detecting falls by a user, the fall detection system comprising a processing unit configured to determine context information about the user and/or the environment in which the user is located, and to increase the sensitivity of a fall detection algorithm used to detect falls by a user in the event that the determined context information indicates that the user is or may be at an increased risk of falling, the increase in sensitivity occurring while the increased risk of falling is indicated by the determined context information.
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1. A fall detection system for use in detecting falls by a user, the fall detection system comprising:
a processing unit configured to determine context information about the user and/or an environment in which the user is located, and to increase a detection sensitivity of a fall detection algorithm used to detect falls by the user based on the determined context information indicating that the user is at an increased risk of falling, the increase in detection sensitivity occurring while the increased risk of falling is indicated by the determined context information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating a fall detection system to detect falls by a user, the method comprising:
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in a processing unit; determining context information about the user and/or an environment in which the user is located; and based on the determined context information indicating that the user is at an increased risk of falling, increasing a detection sensitivity of a fall detection algorithm used to detect falls by the user while the increased risk of falling is indicated by the determined context information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer program product having computer readable code embodied therein, the computer readable code being configured such that, on execution by a suitable computer or processing unit, the computer or processing unit performs a method of:
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determining context information about a user and/or an environment in which the user is located; and based on the determined context information indicating that the user is at an increased risk of falling, increasing a detection sensitivity of a fall detection algorithm used to detect falls by the user while the increased risk of falling is indicated by the determined context information.
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