LED indicator for heart rate monitoring system in sport application

Author

Mahmood, N.H. ; Uyop, N. ; Zulkarnain, N. ; Harun, F. K Che ; Kamarudin, M.F. ; Linoby, A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

4-6 March 2011

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

66

Abstract

This paper presents a current invention for monitoring the athletes´ heart rate during training or exercise session. A bracelet with different color code of Light Emitting Diode (LED) is designed as a wrist heart rate monitor. This color-coding makes the heart rate easier to monitor and enabling the user to know their heart rate range at a certain moment. Our works investigate the used of Zigbee and ANT+ as a transmission medium from transmitter (chest strap) to receiver (bracelet). Different colors signify different ranges of heart rate. Preliminary result demonstrated that it is very helpful for athletes and coaches to monitor the fitness level of athletes and regulate their exercise training regime in a more effective and safer manner.

Keywords

Zigbee; biomedical communication; biomedical equipment; electrocardiography; light emitting diodes; microcontrollers; patient monitoring; sports equipment; ANT+; LED indicator; Zigbee; athlete heart rate monitoring; bracelet receiver; chest strap transmitter; color coding; exercise; fitness level monitoring; heart rate monitoring system; light emitting diode; sport application; training; transmission medium; wrist heart rate monitor; Biomedical monitoring; Heart rate; Light emitting diodes; Microcontrollers; Monitoring; Training; Zigbee; ANT+; Electrocardiogram; Light Emitting Diode(LED); Zigbee; heart rate monitor; wireless heart rate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and its Applications (CSPA), 2011 IEEE 7th International Colloquium on

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-414-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSPA.2011.5759843

Filename

5759843