
Don’t try this at home: Fall Detection on Pixel Watch
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How to Balance Getting Users Help Quickly and Minimizing Stress Caused by Unintentional Calls
At any time when a fall is detected, users can immediately contact emergency services by timing that I fell and need help button on the in-screen notification. We also know at the same time, unintentionally calling emergency services can be really stressful experience for both the user and it can be burdensome to emergency call centers. So with the 30 and the 60 seconds, this gives us an opportunity for users to indicate that they're okay and cancel and stop automatic calls while algorithmic at the sameTime. If we detect their significant movement, we can also stop that automated call from going through. This is our approach in essence to balance getting users help quickly while minimizing stress caused by unintentional calls.
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