Recent Advances in Computer Scienceand Communications Send Orders for Reprints to reprints@benthamscience.net 32 Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications, 2022, 15, 32-39 RESEARCH ARTICLE VitaFALL: Advanced Multi-Threshold Based Reliable Fall Detection System Warish D. Patel 1,* , Chirag Patel 1 and Monal Patel 2 1 Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Parul University, Vadodara, India; 2 Department of Computer Science, BITS Edu Campus, Vadodara, India Abstract: Background: The biggest challenge in our technologically advanced society is the healthy being of aging individuals and differently-abled people in our society. The leading cause for signifi- cant injuries and early death in senior citizens and differently-abled people is due to falling off. The possibility to automatically detect falls has increased demand for such devices, and the high detection rate is achieved using the wearable sensors, this technology has a quite social and monetary impact on society. Therefore, even for the daily activity in the life of aged people, an automatic fall detect- ing system and vital signs examining system have become a necessity. Objectives: This research work aims at helping aged people and every other necessary human by monitoring their vital signs and fall prediction. A fall detection VitaFALL (Vital Signs and Fall Monitoring) device could analyze the measurement in all three orthogonal directions using a triple- axis accelerometer, and Vital Signs Parameters (Heartrate, Heartbeat, and Temperature monitoring) for the aged and differently-abled people Methods: In comparison with present algorithms, there are various benefits regarding privacy, suc- cess rate, and design of devices upgraded using an implemented algorithm over the ubiquitous algo- rithm. Results: As concluded from the experimental outcomes, the accuracy achieved is up to 94%. ADXL335 is a 3-Axial Accelerometer Module that collects the accelerations of aged people from a VitaFALL device. A guardian can be notified by sending a text message via GSM and GPRS mod- ules so that the aged people can be helped. Conclusion: However, a delay in the time can be noticed while comparing the gradient and mini- mum value to predetermine the state of the older person. The results of the experiment show the ade- quacy of the proposed approach. A R T I C L E H I S T O R Y Received: January 15, 2020 Revised: April 22, 2020 Accepted: May 13, 2020 DOI: 10.2174/2666255813999200904132939 Keywords: VitaFALL, i-NXTGeUH, triaxial accelerometer, Activity of Daily Living (ADL), fall prediction and detection, Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), vital signs, elderly and differently-abled people, multi-threshold, wellness. 1. INTRODUCTION The falling of birth rates by stressful life and a fast way of living and producing are few of the numerous reasons for our struggle, including public health level, due to technolog- ical advancement, which has made prolonged life expectan- cy. An unanticipated change from a standing position to a lower position can be defined as a falling [1]. Sprains, frac- tures, and concussions are the general outcomes of falling. Death could be considered as an outcome of falls. The cur- rent international survey showed a trend of getting older population concluded by the outlook of the global population record released by the United States. Global low virility rate *Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Parul University, Vadodara, India; E-mail: warishkumar.patel@paruluniversity.ac.in is one of the main reasons, and it is not only limited to de- veloped countries but developing nations also tend to devel- op the same. The unmatched burden of pension for the grow- ing aged people is a considerable concern for countries like U.S.A, Australia, Japan, Korea, and other western nations. The circle of relatives who wanted to help the aged peo- ple living in the compound has weakened. To counter the same, a fall monitoring VitaFALL device with easy portabil- ity is proposed in this research. The GPRS in the device is operated using the microcontroller, which could send a mes- sage to the guardian phone. Alerts can be forwarded by ac- quiring the acceleration signals and altitude behaviors. When the older man tends to fall during their isolated hours, one helpful thing is a VitaFALL device. After road accidents, the second significant cause of coincidental injury is the loss of life by fall, as stated by the World Health Organization (WHO) [2]. 2666-2566/22 $65.00+.00 © 2022 Bentham Science Publishers