Fall Detection using Deep Learning Algorithms and Analysis of Wearable Sensor Data by Presenting a New Sampling Method

Abstract

Fall is one of the most critical health challenges in the community, which can cause severe injuries and even death. The primary purpose of this study is to develop a deep neural network using wearable sensor data to detect falls. Most datasets in this field suffer from the problem of data imbalance so that the instances belonging to the Fall classes are significantly less than the data of the normal class. This study offers a dynamic sampling technique for increasing the balance rate between the samples belonging to fall and normal classes to improve the accuracy of the learning algorithms. The Sisfall dataset was used in which human activity is divided into three categories: normal activity (BKG), moments before the fall (Alert), and role on the ground (Fall). Three deep learning models, CNN, LSTM, and a hybrid model called Conv-LSTM, were implemented on this dataset, and their performance was evaluated. Accordingly, the Conv-LSTM hybrid model presents 96.23%, 98.59%, and 99.38% in the Sensitivity parameter for the BKG, Alert, and Fall classes, respectively. For the accuracy parameter, we have managed to reach 97.12%. In addition, by using noise smoothing and removal techniques, we can hit a 97.83% accuracy rate. The results indicate the proposed model's superiority compared to other similar studies.