Kinect-Based Platform for Movement Monitoring and Fall-Detection of Elderly People

The presented article details our platform for movement monitoring and fall-detection of persons based on data acquired from a Microsoft Kinect v2 sensor. The proposed platform is programmed in the C# programming language for more efficient real-time analysis of the obtained spatial data and future modularity - allowing the integration of other data sources (e.g., thermal sensors, accelerometer data or electrocardiogram recordings) to create a sophisticated monitoring platform. The primary intended use of the platform is to monitor elderly people living alone and, in case of fall detection, transmit relevant information to relatives or medical staff and/or perform specific actions (e.g., turn off kitchen appliances).