IMU fall detector

This project is a FastAPI-based application designed to receive IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) data through a POST endpoint and classify falls.

Setting Up Virtual Environment

1. Create a Virtual Environment: In your project folder, run the following command to create a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv venv

2. Activate the Vitual Enviroemnt

   • Windows

   .\venv\Scripts\activate

   • Mac

   source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Running the project

uvicorn main:app --port 9999

for changes to be reflected immediatly use:

uvicorn main:app --reload --port 9999

If you want to make the API faster you can utilise multiple CPU cores

uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 9999 --workers 4

Swagger Documentation

Swagger documentation can be found at http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs

Docker

You can build the API with the Dockerfile using the command:

docker build -t image-name .

After building the image you can run the app in a docker container using the command

docker run -d -p 9999:9999 image-name