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`G. Sen Guptal, S.C. Mukhopadhyayi, B.S. Devlin2 and S. Demidenko2
`1School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic, 500 Dover Road, Singapore
`2Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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`sensor, a 2 axis accelerometer, a microcontroller and a low
`power
`transceiver.
`lt
`records
`respiration activity and
`indicators of posture for 24 hours. These data are transmitted
`to the wireless repeater by the transceiver. The wireless
`repeaters, which are installed throughout the welfare facility,
`send data, including the repeaters 1D, to the host computer.
`The ID is used to detect the resident's location in the welfare
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`with a discussion on future developments
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`facility, The host computer stores the data, which can be used
`to analyze the resident's overall health condition. When the
`resident is in an emergency situation, such as falling or in an
`inactive state for more that
`the allotted time,
`the host
`computer automatically alerts the situation to the care staff by
`an alarm sound and also by mobile phone. However, all
`reported systems are relatively expensive.
`In the back drop of the importance of continuous
`monitoring of vital physiological parameters of a patient, our
`research was undertaken to design a
`low-cost
`smart
`monitoring device. It aims to provide peace-of—mind to users
`who have medical problems, but are not placed in a hospital
`for monitoring. Caregivers, who look after patients with
`mental or physical disabilities, can use this device when they
`are not able to visually supervise the patients.
`Currently there are monitoring products in the market that
`are aim ed to provide emergency assistance to senior citizens,
`rehabilitation
`patients,
`and medically
`or
`physically
`challenged individuals, but these have limitations St John’s
`and Medic Alert’s LifelinkTM [6] allows the user to set off an
`alarm manually if they are under medical stress, which will
`then dial designated contact phone numbers. The fundamental
`problem with this system is that when medical emergencies
`happen to the user, they are often unconscious and unable to
`press an ‘emergency alert button’. There is no product on the
`market which does not require manual activation of the alarm
`and monitors a user’s vital sigis smartly. This is the novel
`design goal of the work presented in this paper.
`The reported device consists of a wrist strap and a finger
`glove. This allows the sensors to be mounted around the wrist
`and finger. A battery and a microcontroller, with built-in RF
`transceiver, are mounted within the wrist strap as well. In
`Section II we present the complete system overview. All the
`sensors are explained in Section III. The hardware details are
`in Section IV and the algorithms in Section V. The prototype
`and test results are discussed in Section VI. The paper ends
`
`Abstract — In this paper we present the design of a low-cost system
`that can be used to monitor physiological parameters, such as
`temperature and heart rate, ofa human subject. The system consists
`of an electronic device which is worn on the wrist andfinger, by an
`elderly or at-riskperson. Using several sensors to measure difi'er'ent
`vital signs, the person is wirelesst monitored within his own home.
`An impact sensor has been used to detectfalls. The device detects if
`a person is medically distressed and sends an alarm to a receiver
`unit that is connected to a computer. This sets ofan alarm, allowing
`help to be provided to the patient. The device is battery poweredfor
`use indoors. The device can be easily adapted to monitor athletes
`and infants. The low cost ofthe device will help to lower the cost of
`home monitoring ofpatients recoveringfiom illness. A prototype of
`the device has been fabricated and extensively tested with very good
`results.
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`— physiological
`Keywords
`transmission, home monitoring
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Many elderly people dread the idea of being forced to live
`with their adult children, or in a rest home or in other
`sheltered
`living
`arrangement.
`They want
`to
`live
`independently and keep control of their own lives. Yet at the
`same time they know there is a high risk of injury or even
`death because of a fall or stroke. With the population aging
`in most developing countries, there will be more and more
`elderly people living alone in future, Such people need to be
`monitored continuously and provided with immediate
`medical help and attention when required.
`The cost of hospitalization is ever increasing, so is the cost
`of rehabilitation after a major illness or surgery. Hospitals are
`looking at sending people back as soon as possible to recoup
`at home. During this recovery period several physiological
`parameters need to be
`continuously measured. Hence
`telemedicine and remote monitoring of patients at home are
`gaining added importance and urgency [1-3]. Today,
`the
`progress in science and technology offers miniaturization,
`speed, intelligence, sophistication and new materials at lower
`cost. In this new landscape, micro-technologies, information
`technologies and telecommunications are the key factors in
`inventing devices to assist mankind. Patients are being
`monitored using a network of wireless sensors [4]. A system
`to monitor the overall health of welfare facility residents, who
`need constant care, has been reported in [5]. This system [5]
`has been designed with wireless sensors, wireless repeaters
`and a host computer. The system consists of a piezoelectric
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`II. SYSTEM OVERVIEW
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`B. Heart Rate Sensor
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`The system has been designed to take several inputs from
`a human subject to measure physiological parameters such as
`temperature and heart rate. Figure I shows the functional
`block diagram of the system hardware The inputs fiom the
`sensors are processed and the results transmitted to a receiver
`unit, which is connected to a computer placed in the home,
`using Radio Frequency (RF) wireless technology. The
`receiver unit decodes and analyses the data. If it is inferred
`that the person is medically distressed, an alarm is generated.
`The design is modular which makes it rather easy and straight
`forward to add extra sensors for measuring and monitoring
`other parameters. The hardware blocks are explained in full
`details in a later section.
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`A custom heart rate sensor was designed to read the
`patient’ s beats per minute (bpm). The designed sensor is very
`small and inexpensive. The technique used to measure the
`heart rate is based on near—infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. NIR
`spectroscopy involves using light in the wavelength of 700-
`900nm to measure blood volume. At these wavelengths most
`tissues do not absorb light — other than hemoglobin (which is
`what we are interested in). This allowed for designing a non—
`invasive and low cost method of measuring the pulse. A
`silicon phototransistor and a GaAs infrared emitting diode
`were used in the sensor, moulded into a flat side-facing
`package. The amount of light
`that was detected by the
`phototransistor varied with the patients heart pulse, as the
`amount of absorbed IR light changed with the flow of blood,
`which is directly linked to the heart rate. This signal was then
`amplified,
`filtered, and sent
`to the microcontroller to be
`analyzed. The heart rate sensor was mounted in the finger
`glove as this position proved to give the best response.
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`detection.
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`C. Impact Sensor
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`An ADXL311 accelerometer was used as an impact
`sensor. It provides a 2—axis response, measuring accelerations
`up to +/- 2g.
`It was
`fitted into the wrist
`strap. The
`accelerometer provides an analog voltage, the amplitude of
`which is directly proportional to acceleration. This signal was
`scaled down to bring it within the acceptable input range of
`the micro-controller, and then analyzed. Software algorithms
`were used to detect sharp impacts, while allowing sloWer
`movements, such as walking, to be ignored. The purpOSe of
`this sensor was to detect sudden impacts that could indicate
`the patient had fallen over.
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`IV. HARDWARE DESIGN
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`The hardware was built in three separate blocks. A sensor
`card was designed to house
`the temperature
`sensor,
`accelerometer and the connections for the NIR emitter and
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`the
`detector. A separate analog card was designed for all
`analog processing circuitry needed for the sensors, primarily
`for processing the heart rate signal. The temperature and
`acceleration output was fed directly to the micro-controller.
`The micro—controller was mounted on a separate card which
`also had the antenna connection. The cards were connected
`by ribbon cables within the wrist strap. Figure 2 shows the
`circuit schematics of the sensor units and Figure 3 shows the
`analog processing circuit for measuring heart beat rate.
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`A. Lock-In Amplificationfor heart rate measurement
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`The micro-controller modulates the infra-red emitter
`signal at l KHz through a npn transistor (Figure 2). This is
`then mixed with the signal obtained from the IR sensors
`(back scattered light). This technique, known as Lock—In
`Amplification
`[9],
`involves phase
`sensitive
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`III. SENSORS AND INTERFACE
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`The system consists of three sensors- a temperature sensor,
`heart rate sensor, and an impact sensor. All
`the sensor
`circuitries used in the design generate analog voltages which
`are fed to the ADC (Analog—to—Digital) inputs of the micro-
`controller. The ADC inputs are
`time—multiplexed and
`sampled at different rates. The description of individual
`sensors follows.
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`A. Temperature Sensor
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`The temperature measurement is done using a LM35 [7]
`precision integrated-circuit temperature sensor. It provides an
`accuracy of +/— 025°C within the desired temperature
`measurement range of 20-40°C. It has a very low current
`drain of 60 M. This sensor is mounted within the wrist strap,
`positioned in such a way that it is in contact with the skin,
`allowing it to measure the external temperature of the skin.
`From the skin temperature, the body temperature is estimated.
`Because an exact measurement of body temperature is not
`required, this method is suitable. Rather, relative changes are
`monitored within set thresholds, which set off the alarm. This
`allows the device to detect changes in body temperature that
`could indicate the patient is undergoing any of the following
`conditions:
`trauma,
`injury, heart
`attack,
`stroke, heat
`exhaustion, and burns
`The temperature sensor is sampled
`once every 3 seconds,
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`frequency band together with the noise that is picked up by
`the sensors. Demodulation is performed by an analog switch,
`which demodulates at the same fi-equency and in phase with
`the l KHz modulating signal. The resulting signal is then
`passed through a low-pass filter with a cut off frequency of
`6H2. This allows the signal of interest to pass through, while
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`the sensor circuits in the form of analog voltages. Each sensor
`has a dedicated ADC channel which is multiplexed by the
`microcontroller. Each sensor’s signal is sampled at a pre-
`defined rate,
`through interrupt-driven algorithms. This
`microcontroller was chosen because of its small footprint
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`transceiver. The microccntroller is responsible for producing
`the carrier signal that modulates the IR emitting diode, which
`is used in demodulation too. It is powered by a 9V battery,
`which is regulated down to 5V. The controller card contains
`the microcontroller, crystal oscillator, RF antenna connection,
`and header pins which connect analog and digital ports to the
`other components ofthe unit
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`sertt by the nREF24El using a
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`The data packet
`technology termed ShockBurstTM. This allows data to be
`clocked irtto a FIFO buffer at a low data rate, and then
`transmitted all at once at a very high rate, This lowers power
`consumption by minimizing the amount of receiving and
`transmitting time. Data is transmitted by this method at
`leps. This also reduces the risk of a data collisim with
`other wrist units, or devices operating in the same band.
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`algorithms were
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`microcontroller. These algorithms take inputs
`sensors and process them into meaningful information.
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`A. Heart Rate Algorithm
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`The hardware of the receiver unit is housed in a plastic
`box and consists of a nREF24E1 microoontroller, antenna, a
`5‘! AC adaptor and serial interface port. The receiving unit is
`connected, via a R3232 serial port, to a personal computer
`(PC) and is constantly receiving information about
`the
`patient’s medical status. A program, running on the PC,
`receives the packetized information from the serial port,
`decodes the packet and then displays this informatim on the
`PC monitcr. The program offers several options to set
`thresholds of the allowable range of heart
`rate,
`skin
`temperature and impact sensor. When the readings from the
`patient move outside of the set range, an alarm is raised. The
`software can depict
`the change in data over time in a
`graphical plot. One receiver unit can be interfaced with
`multiple wrist units. In the software, one can tab through the
`information received fi‘om each wristunit.
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`D. Communication
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`Communication between the wrist units and the receiver
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`unit is wireless, powered by the nREF24El, and transmitted
`in the unlicensed 2.4GHz frequency band. Information is
`gathered every 3 seconds fl‘om the sensors and then encoded
`into a packet. Each packet
`is 6 bytes long, composed as
`shown in figure 5.
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`that an alarm is set off only for very sharp, heavy impacts.
`
`The heart rate signal is art oscillating signal of] to 21-12. This
`is sampled by the microcontroller at 50Hz, and then averaged
`over 5 samples, which gives the algorithm an effective data
`input rate of 10 samples per second. This is stored in a buffer
`which is 32 bytes long. Once this buffer is full, the algorithm
`scans though each value in the buffer to compute the period
`of the signal (see figure 6). Since the signal is not sinusoidal,
`rather has distinct peaks corresponding to the contractions in
`the heart, the period is measured by marking transitions over
`the 25% mark. This is the most reliable part of the received
`signal. Since the sample time is know (0.13), the number of
`samples between these ‘transition points' is used to calculate
`the period and hence the fi‘equency. The fi‘equency is then
`multiplied by 60 to compute the heart rate (in bpm, beats per
`minute) ofthe patient
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`Fig. 5. Data packet composition
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`B. Impact Algorithm
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`The heart rate included in the packet is in beats per
`mirtutes (bpm) which is calculated using the Heart Rate
`Algorithm explained in Section V. The temperature data is
`the result ofthe ADC conversion, done once every 3 seconds,
`and is decoded into degrees Celsius at the receiver unit. The
`impact information is the maximum output voltage of the
`accelerometer measured in the past 3 seconds. This is also the
`digital value obtained firm the ADC conversion.
`
`The signal received from the accelerometer is a DC
`voltage,
`the arttplitude of which is directly related to the
`acceleration (62mV/g). This input is sampled at lOHz, and
`stored in a buffer whidt is 10 bytes long. Every second, this
`buffer is scanned, and the maximum amplitude is recorded.
`At the receiver unit,
`this data is compared to recorded
`representatiVe values for walking and jogging. This ensures
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`The reliability of impact detection was very good and the
`walking could easily be differentiated from a fall.
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`with thumb on carotid artery). Figure 9 shows a segment of a
`received heart rate signal.
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`VI. PROTOTYPE AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
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`The Nordic micro-controller development board was used
`to build and test the prototype design. The analog processing
`circuitry and the sensors were assembled on PCBs which
`were placed within the wrist strap. Figure 7 shows the
`prototype hardware. The prototype was powered off a 9V
`battery. The RF transmission has been tested to operate
`successfully at 10 meters range through obstacles such as
`concrete walls. The receiver unit, without the casing, can be
`seen in figure 8.
`
`commercially. Future improvements will focus on the use of
`
`In this paper we have presented the research, of applied
`nature, done to monitor physiological parameters such as skin
`temperature, heart rate and body impact. A prototype was
`successfully developed and tested to establish the proof of
`concept. The algorithms were tested and found to be accurate
`and reliable. The novel aspect of the design is its low cost and
`detection of medical distress which does not necessitate
`pressing any panic button. This is an enormous improvement
`over existing commercial products.
`An important aspect of the design was miniaturization, so
`that the system was as non-intrusive as possible to the wearer.
`This was achieved by the use of surface-mounted devices on
`the PCBs designed. Low power operational amplifiers were
`used to minimize battery consumption. The price of the unit
`currently is $70. The major costs come from the use of
`precision components, accelerometer and temperature sensor.
`With some modification, the system can be made available
`
`Fig. 9. Segment of a heart rate signal
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`B. Impact Sensor Test results
`
`The output of the accelerometer was tested with walking
`and simulated falling. The results showed the difference was
`simple to detect and proved the accuracy of the algorithm.
`Figure 10 shows the impact sensor output.
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`Fig. 10. Impact sensor output for walking and a fall
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`VII.DISCUSSIONS AND FUTURE DEVELPOMENTS
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`Fig. 8. Prototype receiver connected to a PC
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`A. Heart Rate Sensor Test Results
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`A new heart rate is calculated every 3.2 seconds. The
`output of the sensor is a 200-400 mV p-p signal, riding a DC
`signal of 500mV. On human tests it is able to measure within
`i2 bpm of a rested patient (confirmed by measuring pulse
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`flexible PCBs to replace the stiff cards, so that it could be
`moulded around the wrist unit, making it more comfortable
`for the wearer.
`The design of the IR sensors could be improved to
`decrease its susceptibility to noise, to a point where it could
`be moved onto the wrist unit. This would provide a much
`more comfortable and less intrusive unit, getting rid of the
`finger glove.
`The addition of a blood-oxygen sensor would allow the
`system to detect medical distress more accurately by
`measuring the amount of oxygen in the blood (HbO). This
`could be implemented by the addition of another emitter
`diode operating at a wavelength which is more readily
`absorbed by oxygen, and measuring the light using photo
`detector. Blood pressure can also be measured by a technique
`known as ‘pulse delay’ [10] which involves calculating the
`time for the heart pulse to travel a known distance. This is
`directly related to the blood pressure of a patient, and allows
`for non-invasive measurement.
`
`The unit was initially designed for use by the elderly,
`within the house, where a caregiver is present but is not able
`to be constantly in visual contact with the subject. The
`receiver unit would be enhanced so that it can connect to
`
`either the local or cellular phone network, and in the case of
`an emergency would contact an ambulance. Beyond the
`application for elderly patients is the use by anyone who is at-
`risk, with a mental or physical disability. The device could be
`applied to prevent cot deaths in babies, by alerting the parents
`when the infant becomes stressed.
`
`
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