Title :
Measurement of vital signs of a person on concrete flooring
Author :
Masuyama, Kosuke ; Kurihara, Yosuke ; Watanabe, Kajiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Eng., Hosei Univ., Tokyo
Abstract :
This paper describes a new method to measure the vital signs i.e., the heart beating and ADL (activities of daily life) on a concrete floor. A person moves around on a concrete floor in their daily life. Here we set a sensor under the concrete floor, the vital signs generating vibration that can be measured. The sensing system consists of a piezoelectric ceramics and filters for detecting biomedical signals by the sensor. Our novel system can non-invasively and non-restrictively monitor the human vital signs which can be applied to evaluate ADL.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; biosensors; concrete; crystal filters; floors; piezoceramics; vibration measurement; activities of daily life; biomedical signals; concrete floor; heartbeat; human vital signs; piezoelectric ceramics; piezoelectric filters; vibration measurement; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Ceramics; Concrete; Filters; Floors; Sensor systems; Signal detection; Vibration measurement; ADL; ceramics; heartbeat; non-restrictive bio-measurement; vital sign;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference, 2008
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-4-907764-30-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-907764-29-6
DOI :
10.1109/SICE.2008.4654958
