Heart Rate Measurement Using Air Pressure Sensor for Elderly Caring System

Abstract

In recent years, the demand for nursing services in Japan has been increasing. However, due to the work pressure and significant responsibility to the patient, people are not willing to engage in related work, and the labor shortage has become a severe problem. By our work, we propose a sensor-based monitoring system to reduce the burden on the caregiver. We put a set of air pressure sensor on the bed. When people are lying on the bed, air pressure signal changes. Using spiking neural networks, we can analyze the data and estimate the inactive state. In this paper, we mainly discuss how to get a person's heartbeat state while sleeping, which is useful for assessing sleep state.