Global Patent Index - EP 3108462 A1

EP 3108462 A1 20161228 - TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING A FALL OF A PERSON

Title (en)

TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING A FALL OF A PERSON

Title (de)

TECHNIK ZUM ERFASSEN EINES PERSONENSTURZES

Title (fr)

TECHNIQUE DE DÉTECTION DE LA CHUTE D'UNE PERSONNE

Publication

EP 3108462 A1 20161228 (DE)

Application

EP 15700460 A 20150115

Priority

  • DE 102014002124 A 20140217
  • EP 2015050655 W 20150115

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2015121018A1] The invention relates to a technology for detecting a fall of a person. A corresponding device (100) comprises an interface (102), which is designed to capture a time-dependent air-pressure signal (600) determined by means of at least one air-pressure sensor (104, 106) worn on the body of the person. The device (100) also comprises an evaluating unit (108), which is designed to determine a fall height (λ) with respect to an evaluation time (te) by means of a window-based signal analysis of the time-dependent air-pressure signal. The window-based signal analysis comprises a first time window (702) before the evaluation time and a second time window (704) after the evaluation time, which second time window does not overlap with the first time window. The fall height is determined from a difference between a first filter value calculated on the basis of the time-dependent air-pressure signal in the first time window and a second filter value calculated on the basis of the time-dependent air-pressure signal in the second time window.

IPC 8 full level

G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G08B 29/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G08B 21/043 (2013.01 - EP US); G08B 21/0446 (2013.01 - EP US); G08B 21/0453 (2013.01 - EP US); G08B 29/185 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2015121018A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2015121018 A1 20150820; DE 102014002124 A1 20150820; EP 3108462 A1 20161228; EP 3108462 B1 20171213; US 2017061762 A1 20170302; US 9898914 B2 20180220

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2015050655 W 20150115; DE 102014002124 A 20140217; EP 15700460 A 20150115; US 201515119360 A 20150115