Method and device for detecting a fall

Abstract

Method for detecting a tilt fall or a risk of a tilt fall, proposed with the following steps: detecting a center of gravity position of a center of gravity of the human which represents an actual center of mass of the human or an approximation to it, detecting a position of a standing basis of the human or an approximation to it, detecting connection information regarding a spatial connection between the center of gravity and the standing basis, comprising the steps detecting an angular position of at least one lower leg of a leg to the associated thigh and the angular position of the same thigh to the torso and calculating a relative position of an ankle or at least a part of a foot or a footwear of the leg in relation to the center of gravity as connection information, wherein the angular positions between the lower leg and thigh as well as between thigh and torso as well as lengths of the lower leg and the thigh as well as a relative position between the hip joint of the leg and the torso are used, and deriving a tilt fall or a risk of a tilt fall from the grade of correctness that the center of gravity and the standing basis are located in direction of the acceleration of gravity to each other. Further, the invention concerns an apparatus for carrying out the method as well as a fall protection garment.

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