• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.4 no.8
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• pp.253-258
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• 2015

From the point of view of u-healthcare, heart rate is so useful for both illness for taking care of patients and wellness for improving the level of health and wellbeing. It is because heart rate is a significant clinical variable for all kinds of diseases as well as an indicator of the intensity of exercise. Recently, a number of various wearable heart rate monitors have been released to check people's status in the body by monitoring their heart rates. In addition, a number of smartphone applications have been released to conveniently monitor the status of exercise by using heart rate monitors. However, all of these applications are limited to a personal usage. In this paper, we will design a system to simultaneously monitor heart rates coming from multiple users in a real-time, and develop an Android application to apply the system. The application mainly features a simultaneous monitoring of heart rates coming from multiple users, allowing to be effectively applied to fitness centers.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.191-197
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• 2008

This research focused on the development of wireless telemetry system that can monitor heart rates of multiple rehabilitation patients in real time without constraint. The whole system consists of the multiple patient's side devices (PSDs) and one central monitoring system (CMS). The PSD consists of a microphone, amplifier, filter, microcontroller, and RF (Radio Frequency) modem. In addition, the PSD was designed to be wearable and low power consumption. The CMS consists of an RF modem and general PC and it was designed to monitor heart rates from multiple patients simultaneously. The system warns an alarm signal when a patient's heart rate exceeds the pre-set range for each patient. This system can be useful to monitor the heart rate of exercising rehabilitation patients and control the patients condition and the exercising level.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.111-116
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• 2022

In the paper, A prototype Fetal Heart Monitor, mini - size, was designed and produced for pre-mothers to measure the rate and rhythm of their features's heart at home.Pre-mothers could listen fetal heart rhythm through an inner bluetooth speaker ant the monitor. LED colors show the frequency of fetal heart rate variability on the monitor. All measured health information, by ultrasonic resonator and bluetooth speaker, is linked to a mother's smart phone. A test verified this simple measuring device helps users discover the symptoms of fetal health. Patients using at home devices usefully prevent sudden cardiac death and myocardial infraction by discovering symptoms.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.27-33
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• 2014

There are several ways to analyse stress resulting from anxiety and fear within dental treatment for children. Surveying questionnaires and monitoring biologic reaction are the most common ways for evaluating stress. Pulse oximeter is a popular device for detecting heart rate but not appropriate for moving children. In this study, we compared a recently introduced wrist- watch type heart rate monitor(Alpha, MIO, USA) with a pulse oximeter(MP110, MECKIS, Republic of Korea) for 10 attendants with two conditions including resting state and excited state after exercise. Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed Rank test and there is no statistical difference between two devices(p < 0.05).

• Advances in nano research
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.155-163
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• 2023

Exercise is beneficial to the body in some ways. It is vital for people who have heart problems to perform exercise according to their condition. This paper describes how an Android platform can provide early warnings of fatigue during wushu exercise using Photoplethysmography (PPG) signals. Using the data from a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope to detect heart rate, this study contributes an algorithm to determine a user's fatigue during wushu exercise. It sends vibration messages to the user's smartphone device when the heart rate exceeds the limit or is too fast during exercise. The heart rate monitoring system in the app records heart rate data in real-time while exercising. A simple pulse sensor and Android app can be used to monitor heart rate. This plug-in sensor measures heart rate based on photoplethysmography (PPG) signals during exercise. Pulse sensors can be easily inserted into the fingertip of the user. An embedded microcontroller detects the heart rate by connecting a pulse sensor transmitted via Bluetooth to the smartphone. In order to measure the impact of physical activity on heart rate, Wushu System tests are conducted using various factors, such as age, exercise speed, and duration. During testing, the Android app was found to detect heart rate with an accuracy of 95.3% and to warn the user when their heart rate rises to an abnormal level.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.326-330
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• 2012

In 2011, There were about 25,000 people died because of heart disease. The aim of this paper is to design a heart attack situation monitoring and spreading system for patients. Wearable computer with a sensor is used to monitor heart rate. Heart rate is transffered to smartphone with bluetooth. After analyzing heart rate, smartphone spread out the emergency situation by various service including emergency call, SNS and SMS.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.181-184
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• 2004

There are reports showing that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) emitted at non-thermal levels may be associated with biological alterations in target cells. In this study it is objected to assess the potential influences of EMFs produced by cellular phones on fetal heart rate. Non Stress Test (NST) is a widely used method of fetal monitoring and assessing fetal health and well-being. Sixty volunteers with uncomplicated term pregnancies were studied by a Spacelabs AM-67 Doppler ultrasound monitor. Fetal Heart Rate recordings were obtained while there were no Cellular Phone around for 10 minutes. Afterwards, all patients were exposed to EMFs for 10 minutes. NST was performed while they were holding the CP on stand-by mode and then on dialing mode, each for 5 minutes. The recordings were analyzed with respect to baseline heart rate, accelerations and decelerations. The Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test was used to compare these variables. The results indicate that EMFs emitted by CP do not cause any demonstrable effects on baseline FHR, acceleration or deceleration.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.73-78
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• 2013

This paper proposes a portable electrocardiograph and smart device-based heart health monitoring and risk notification system. The proposed system consists of a portable electrocardiograph and a smart device for a system user, and a web-based monitoring system for observers. This system can improve the convenience and efficiency of measurement by using a light-weight portable electrocardiograph and a smart device. In addition, any authorized person such as caregiver or family member who is not related to medical institution can monitor users'heart health in real-time using the web-based monitoring system. Therefore, a user and authorized remote observers can efficiently monitor and manage user's heart health in daily-life even without any medical institution's help, and can preemptively deal with any possible dangerous situations, such as degeneration of a cardiac disorder and sudden cardiac death.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.331-339
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation and agreement between heart rates of Polar heart rate monitor and a smartwatch in order to confirm the accuracy of heart rate measured by the smartwatch. Heart rates of fifty college students were measured for a total of 12 minutes under four conditions: rest, walk, Zumba, and cycle. As a result of correlation and agreement analysis between heart rates of the two devices, correlation coefficient (r) was 0.995 at rest, 0.991 at walk, 0.923 at Zumba, 0.932 at cycle, and Bland-Altman ratio (BA ratio) was 0.02 at rest, 0.03 at walk, 0.06 at Zumba, 0.04 at cycle. Heart rate from smartwatch showed high correlation and agreement with heart rate from Polar in all conditions, representing that smartwatch can be considered an reliable apparatus to measure hear rate.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.67 no.5
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• pp.675-679
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• 2018

A novel heart rate estimation algorithm is presented based on normalized least-mean-square (NLMS) algorithm. This paper presented a three-step processing scheme for estimating heart rate from PPG signal with motion artifacts. The proposed active noise cancellation algorithm has low computational complexity compared to the NLMS algorithm. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithms perform similar with the previous algorithm under motion artifact noises.