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Introduction

Human Fall Detection via Webcam (and E-mail Alert)

[Fall Detection code source : https://github.com/harishrithish7/Fall-Detection]

Requirements

  1. MATLAB - R2019b or higher
  2. MATLAB Toolboxes:
    a. Image Acquisition Toolbox
    b. Image Processing Toolbox
    c. Computer Vision Toolbox

Execution

Run 'falldetection_via_webcam.m' . This would read from the webcam as long as the program runs, and detect the falling action of a human in the feed. An e-mail alert would be send to user after fall detection.

Modification

To edit sender's and receiver's email addresses (and password and message), modify 'sendemail.m' .

Reference Paper

Caroline Rougier, Jean Meunier, Alain St-Arnaud, Jacqueline Rousseau ; “Fall Detection from Human Shape and Motion History Using Video Surveillance”; 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (AINAW’07), 2007.

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