Title :
A wearable ECG-HR detector and its application to automatic assist-mode selection of an electrically assisted bicycle
Author :
Ueno, Akinori ; Miyashita, Osamu ; Yoshida, Toshiya ; Yamamoto, Junichi ; Lataire, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Denki Univ. (TDU), Chiyoda, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
Recently, an electrically assisted bicycle has been widely used in daily life and becomes very popular. The user selects the stepwise assist-mode to determine the assistive torque for pleasurable running. From the viewpoint of improvement of health by exercise, the electrically assisted bicycle can be an exercise machine like a treadmill. The heart rate (HR) is regarded as an indication of exercise load. This paper presents an automatic assist-mode selection system based on the HR of the bicycle user. The HR is obtained from the R-waves measured by the proposed wearable electrocardiograph on the user. The mode-selection system is simply implemented by a personal computer, USB-connected interface, and some electronic switching circuits. The running experiments confirm that the proposed assist-mode selection method has practicability.
Keywords :
biomechanics; electrocardiography; USB connected interface; assistive torque; automatic assist mode selection; electrically assisted bicycle; electronic switching circuit; exercise; heart rate; pleasurable running; wearable ECG-HR detector; Bicycles; Detectors; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Heart rate; Low pass filters; Skin; Artifacts; Bicycling; Clothing; Computers; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Electronics; Electrophysiology; Equipment Design; Exercise; Heart Rate; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Physical Fitness; Time Factors; User-Computer Interface; Walking;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091738