• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.212-217
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• 2019

본 논문에서 코골이 검출과 호흡 측정이 가능한 수면 관리 베개 시스템에 대해 연구 조사 하였다. 수면 관리 베개 시스템은 4개의 압력센서, 두 개의 마이크로폰, 하나의 베개, 측정 시스템으로 구성되어있다. 베개의 하단부에 설치된 4개의 압력 센서는 호흡 신호를 측정 하는데 사용되고, 베개 중앙 왼쪽과 오른 쪽에 설치된 두 개의 마이크로폰은 코골이 신호만 검출하는데 사용된다. 데이터 수집 장치와 컴퓨터로 구성된 측정 시스템을 사용하여 10명의 젊은 사람들의 코골이 신호와 호흡신호를 측정하였다. 호흡 신호 측정 정확도는 약 98%이였고, 코골이 신호 측정 정확도는 약 97% 이였다. 본 연구에서 수행된 실험 결과들이 수면 관리 베개 시스템이 수면 중 사람의 코골이 신호와 호흡신호를 측정하는데 사용 가능함을 보여 주고 있다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 일상생활에 편리한 무구속 센서를 활용하여 호흡을 측정하는 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 Piezoelectric 센서를 내장한 센서 패드, 센서 패드로부터 출력된 호흡 신호를 증폭 필터링한 후 디지털로 변환하는 호흡 측정 기기, 센서 데이터 시각화 및 호흡 측정 알고리즘을 구현한 뷰어로 구성된다. 제안된 알고리즘은 센서 데이터의 임계값을 통해 추출된 최고점을 기준으로 한 호흡 주기에 기반하고 있다. 3명의 피실험자에 대하여 이동 평균 개수와 임계값을 변경해 가면서 호흡 측정 실험이 수행되었으며, 실험 결과에 의하면, 제안 시스템은 이동 평균 개수 50~60을 중심으로 임계값 800~1300 범위에서 약 5% 이내의 오류율이라는 양호한 성능을 나타내었다. 향후 본 시스템은 영 유아나 독거노인의 수면 중 질식사를 예방하는데 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1204-1212
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• 2008

이 논문에서는 여러 곳에서 통용되고 있는 기존의 CW(Continuous-Wave) 바이오 레이더 송수신 모델을 수정한 새로운 송수신 모델을 제안한다. 최근에 심장 박동과 호흡을 검출하기 위해 CW 바이오 레이더를 이용해서 여러 연구 기관에서 연구가 진행되고 있다. 그러나 이 통용되고 있는 수신 모델을 이용해서 심장 박동을 검출하게 되면 여분의 위상 변이나 가우시안 잡음에 취약하고, 또한 인체 공학적으로 개념상 정확하지 못한 단점을 가지고 있다. 그러므로 이 논문에서 인체 공학상으로 정확한 수정된 CW 바이오 레이더 송수신 모델을 제안함으로써 여분의 위상 변이와 가우시안 잡음이 있는 환경뿐 아니라 다중 경로 환경에서 기존의 송수신 모델과의 심장 박동과 호흡 검출에 대한 성능을 비교 분석한다.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.433-444
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• 2020

This study proposes a method to improve the sleep stage and efficiency estimation of sleep apnea patients using a UWB (Ultra-Wideband) radar. Motion and respiration extracted from the radar signal were used. Respiratory signal disturbances by motion artifacts and irregular respiration patterns of sleep apnea patients are compensated for in the preprocessing stage. Preprocessing calculates the standard deviation of the respiration signal for a shift window of 15 seconds to estimate thresholds for compensation and applies it to the breathing signal. The method for estimating the sleep stage is based on the difference in amplitude of two kinds of smoothed respirations signals. In smoothing, the window size is set to 10 seconds and 34 seconds, respectively. The estimated feature was processed by the k-nearest neighbor classifier and the feature filtering model to discriminate between the sleep periods of the rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM). The feature filtering model reflects the characteristics of the REM sleep that occur continuously and the characteristics that mainly occur in the latter part of this stage. The sleep efficiency is estimated by using the sleep onset time and motion events. Sleep onset time uses estimated features from the gradient changes of the breathing signal. A motion event was applied based on the estimated energy change in the UWB signal. Sleep efficiency and sleep stage accuracy were assessed with polysomnography. The average sleep efficiency and sleep stage accuracy were estimated respectively to be about 96.3% and 88.8% in 18 sleep apnea subjects.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1076-1089
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• 2018

Respiration is the process of moving air into and out of the lung. Respiration changes the temperature in the chamber while exchanging energy. Especially the temperature of the face. Respiration monitoring using an infrared camera measures the temperature change caused by breathing. The conventional method assumes that motion is not considered and measures respiration. These assumptions can not accurately measure the respiration rate when breathing moves. In addition, the respiration rate measurement is performed by counting the number of peaks of the breathing waveform by displaying the position of the peak in a specific window, and there is a disadvantage that the breathing rate can not be measured accurately. In this paper, we use KLT tracking and block matching to calibrate limited weak movements during breathing and extract respiration waveform. In order to increase the accuracy of the respiration rate, the position of the peak used in the breath calculation is calculated by converting from a single point to a high resolution. Through this process, the respiration signal could be extracted even in weak motion, and the respiration rate could be measured robustly even in various time windows.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.58-63
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• 2010

In this paper, we proposed a wearable respiration measurement system with textile capacitive pressure sensor. Belt typed textile capacitive pressure sensor approach of respiration measurement, from which respiration signatures and rates can be derived in real-time for long-term monitoring, are presented. Belt typed textile capacitive pressure sensor has been developed for this measurement system. the distance change of two plates by the pressure of motion has been used for the respiration measurement in chest area. Respiration rates measured with the textile capacitive pressure sensor was compared with standard techniques on 8 human subjects. Accurate measurement of respiration rate with developed sensor system is shown. The data from the method comparison study is used to confirm theoretical estimates of change in capacitance by the distance change. The current version of respiratory rate detection system using textile capacitive pressure sensor can successfully measure respiration rate. It showed upper limit agreement of $3.7997{\times}10^{-7}$ RPM, and lower limit of agreement of $-3.8428{\times}10^{-7}$ RPM in Bland-Altman plot. From all subject, high correlation were shown(p<0.0001). The proposed measurement method could be used to monitor unconscious persons, avoiding the need to apply electrodes to the directly skin or other sensors in the correct position and to wire the subject to the monitor. Monitoring respiration using textile capacitive pressure sensor offers a promising possibility of convenient measurement of respiration rates. Especially, this technology offers a potentially inexpensive implementation that could extend applications to consumer home-healthcare and mobile-healthcare products. Further advances in the sensor design, system design and signal processing can increase the range and quality of the rate-finding, broadening the potential application areas of this technology.

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2018

영상을 이용한 생체 신호 측정 기술이 발전하고 있으며, 특히 생명 유지를 위한 호흡 신호 측정기술 연구가 지속적으로 진행되고 있다. 기존 기술은 사람의 몸에서 방출하는 열을 측정하는 열화상 카메라를 통하여 호흡 신호를 측정하였다. 또한, 실시간으로 사람의 흉부 움직임을 분석하여 호흡률을 측정하는 연구도 진행되었다. 하지만, 적외선 열화상 영상을 이용하여 영상 처리를 하는 것은 외부 환경 요인으로 인해 호흡 기관의 탐색이 어려울 수 있으며, 이에 따라 호흡률 측정의 정확도가 떨어지는 문제들이 발생했다. 본 연구에서는 호흡 기관의 영역 탐색을 강화하기 위해 가시광 및 적외선 열화상 카메라를 이용하여 영상을 취득하였다. 그리고 두 영상을 기반으로 얼굴 인식, 영상 정합 등의 과정을 통해 호흡 기관 영역의 특징을 추출한다. 추출한 특징 값을 통계학적 분류 방법 중 하나인 k-최근접 이웃 분류기를 통해 호흡 신호의 패턴을 분류한다. 분류한 패턴의 특성에 따라 호흡률을 계산하며, 측정한 호흡률의 성능을 확인하기 위해 실제 호흡률과 비교 과정을 통해 분석함으로써, 호흡률 측정의 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제55권7호
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• pp.335-343
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• 2006

We have designed the system that measure one channel ECG by two electrode and extract real-time EDR with more related resipiration and comportable to subject by using conductive textile. On the assumption that relation between RL electrode and potential measurement electrode is coupled with RC connected model, we designed RL drive output to feedback two electrode for reduction of common mode signal. The conductive textile which was used for two ECG electrode was offered more comfort during night sleep in bed than any other method using attachments. In the method of single-lead EDR, R wave point or QRS interval area could be used for EDR estimation in traditional method, it is, so to speak, the amplitude modulation(AM) method for EDR. Alternatively, R-R interval could be used for frequency modulation(FM) method based on Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia(RSA). For evaluation of performance on AM EDR and FM EDR from 14 subject, ECG lead III was measured. Each EDR was compared with both temperature around nose(direct measurement of respiration) and respiration signal from thoracic belt(indirect measurement of respiration) on mean squared error(MSE), cross correlation(Xcorr), and Coherence. The upsampling interpolation technique of multirate signal processing is applied to interpolating data instead of cubic spline interpolation. As a result, we showed the real-time EDR extraction processing to be implemented at micro-controller.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.264-270
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• 2017

A Doppler radar sensor was applied to detect respirations and heartbeats of persons who were lying on a bed. This study is preliminary study aiming at non-contact and non-intrusive respiration and heart rate monitoring during sleep in daily life. For the experiments, 10GHz Doppler radar with patch-type antenna was used and installed on the upper right and the distance between the body and the antenna was 1 m. The results show that each signal of respiration and heartbeat is observed in each frequency band however the frequency band and the waveform vary according to the subjects and the posture. The results show that the heartbeats can be detected with the peak detection in some frequency band. This study shows the feasibility of applying the Doppler radar to detection of heartbeat and respiration during sleep and further studies about heartbeat detection algorithm are required.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권6호
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• pp.794-798
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• 2018

There is a growing need for a care system that can continuously monitor, manage and effectively relieve stress for modern people. In recent years, mobile healthcare devices capable of measuring heart rate have become popular, and many stress monitoring techniques using heart rate variability analysis have been actively proposed and commercialized. In addition, respiratory biofeedback methods are used to provide stress relieving services in environments using mobile healthcare devices. In this case, breathing information should be measured well to assess whether the user is doing well in biofeedback training. In this study, we extracted the heart beat interval signal from the PPG and used the oscillator based notch filter based on the IIR band pass filter to track the strongest frequency in the heart beat interval signal. The respiration signal was then estimated by filtering the heart beat interval signal with this frequency as the center frequency. Experimental results showed that the number of breathing could be measured accurately when the subject was guided to take a deep breath. Also, in the timeing measurement of inspiration and expiration, a time delay of about 1 second occurred. It is expected that this will provide a respiratory biofeedback service that can assess whether or not breathing exercise are performed well.