US Patent:
20230018686, Jan 19, 2023
Inventors:
- Mountain View CA, US
Shwetak PATEL - Seattle WA, US
Rizwan CHAUDHRY - Millbrae CA, US
Chetan BHOLE - Mountain View CA, US
Vaibhav DARBARI - New York NY, US
Todd WHITEHURST - Belmont CA, US
Anupam PATHAK - San Carlos CA, US
Assignee:
Google LLC - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G08B 21/04
G01S 13/32
G01S 13/58
Abstract:
Various arrangements for performing fall detection are presented. A smart-home device (), comprising a monolithic radar integrated circuit (), may transmit radar waves. Based on reflected radar waves, raw waveform data may be created. The raw waveform data may be processed to determine that a fall by a person () has occurred. Speech may then be output announcing that the fall has been detected via the speaker () of the smart home device ().
