Fall detection based on skeleton extraction

• Main Authors: Chau, Lap-Pui, Bian, Zhen-Peng, Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99395; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12824
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents an improved skeleton extraction from depth video for fall detection based on fast randomized decision forest (RDF) algorithm. Due to the human's body orientation changes dramatically during falling, it reduces the accuracy of tracking. The human's orientation needs to b...