Title :
Multiple Respiration Monitoring by Stepped-FM UWB Sensor
Author :
Sasaki, Eriko ; Kajiwara, Akihiro
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Environ. Eng., Univ. of Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
The number of elderly singles and couples is increasing as the arriving of aging society. Therefore, health-care support is an important issue and a stepped-FM UWB sensor for respiration monitoring has been attracted much attention. In this paper, a stepped-FM UWB sensor with a direct-conversion receiver is presented and an estimation technique is suggested to suppress the large leakage which is produced in the RF Front-end due to a direct-conversion receiver. This paper also presents a simultaneous monitoring scheme for respiration monitoring with multiple persons and the performance is investigated by the measurement.
Keywords :
assisted living; geriatrics; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; ultra wideband technology; aging society; direct conversion receiver; elderly couples; elderly singles; estimation technique; health care support; multiple respiration monitoring; stepped-FM UWB sensor; Antenna measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Calibration; Distance measurement; Frequency measurement; Monitoring; Receivers; direct-conversion receiver; health-care support; multiple persons; respiration monitoring; stepped-FM UWB;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence & Communication Technology (CICT), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ghaziabad
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6022-4
DOI :
10.1109/CICT.2015.157
