DocumentCode :
3197431
Title :
The non-contact heart rate measurement system for monitoring HRV
Author :
Ji-Jer Huang ; Sheng-I Yu ; Hao-Yi Syu ; See, Aaron Raymond
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Tainan, Taiwan
fYear :
2013
fDate :
3-7 July 2013
Firstpage :
3238
Lastpage :
3241
Abstract :
A noncontact ECG monitoring and analysis system was developed using capacitive-coupled device integrated to a home sofa. Electrodes were placed on the backrest of a sofa separated from the body with only the chair covering and the user´s clothing. The study also incorporates measurements using different fabric materials, and a pure cotton material was chosen to cover the chair´s backrest. The material was chosen to improve the signal to noise ratio. The system is initially implemented on a home sofa and is able to measure non-contact ECG through thin cotton clothing and perform heart rate analysis to calculate the heart rate variability (HRV) parameters. It was also tested under different conditions and results from reading and sleeping exhibited a stable ECG. Subsequently, results from our calculated HRV were found to be identical to those of a commercially available HRV analyzer. However, HRV parameters are easily affected by motion artifacts generated during drinking or eating with the latter producing a more severe disturbance. Lastly, parameters measured are saved on a cloud database, providing users with a long-term monitoring and recording for physiological information.
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; capacitive sensors; clothing; cloud computing; electrocardiography; patient monitoring; HRV monitoring; capacitive-coupled device; chair backrest cover; cloud database; commercially available HRV analyzer; drinking condition; eating condition; electrode; fabric material; heart rate analysis; heart rate variability parameter calculation; home sofa backrest; long-term monitoring; long-term recording; motion artifact effect; noncontact ECG analysis; noncontact ECG monitoring; noncontact heart rate measurement system; physiological information; pure cotton material; reading condition; signal to noise ratio; sleeping condition; thin cotton clothing; Digital filters; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Heart rate variability; Impedance; Materials; Noise; Heart rate variability; Noncontact electrocardiogram; Noncontact electrode model;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
ISSN :
1557-170X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610231
Filename :
6610231
Link To Document :
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