FALL DETECTING DEVICE, FALL DETECTING METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING PERSON TO BE MONITORED

摘要

In a fall detecting device and method, and a device for monitoring a person to be monitored, according to the present invention: an image of a monitoring target, namely a person being monitored, is acquired, said image being captured from above the person being monitored; a head portion candidate region, which is a candidate of a head portion, is extracted from the image; changes over time in a plurality of predetermined parameters relating to the head portion are obtained in relation to the head portion candidate region; and falls by the person being monitored are detected on the basis of the changes over time in each of the plurality of parameters.