Ambient fall detection with microphones
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWei Sun, Aditya Dave, Han Wang, Hao Chen, Russell Douglas Ford, Satvir S. Bhatia, Andrea M. Small
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a microphone, a memory, and a processor operably coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to determine an energy level of an audio signal captured by the microphone and determine whether the audio signal indicates a possible fall. The processor is further configured to, upon a determination that the audio signal indicates the possible fall, poll a fall detection module.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a microphone;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor operably coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
- determine an energy level of an audio signal captured by the microphone during a possible fall;
- determine, based on the energy level of the audio signal, whether the audio signal indicates the possible fall;
- and
- upon a determination that the audio signal indicates the possible fall, poll a fall detection module.
A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- determining an energy level of an audio signal captured by a microphone during a possible fall;
- determining, based on the energy level of the audio signal, whether the audio signal indicates the possible fall;
- and
- upon a determination that the audio signal indicates the possible fall, performing a fall detection operation.
A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising program code that, when executed by a processor of a device, causes the device to:
- determine an energy level of an audio signal captured by a microphone during a possible fall;
- determine, based on the energy level of the audio signal, whether the audio signal indicates the possible fall;
- and
- upon a determination that the audio signal indicates the possible fall, poll a fall detection module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.