Research Article
BioWatch: Estimation of Heart and Breathing Rates from Wrist Motions
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259064, author={Javier Hernandez and Daniel McDuff and Rosalind Picard}, title={BioWatch: Estimation of Heart and Breathing Rates from Wrist Motions}, proceedings={9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2015}, month={8}, keywords={accelerometer gyroscope smartwatch wrist ballistocardiography photoplethysmography sleep monitoring respiration heart rate breathing rate}, doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259064} }- Javier Hernandez
Daniel McDuff
Rosalind Picard
Year: 2015
BioWatch: Estimation of Heart and Breathing Rates from Wrist Motions
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259064
Abstract
Continued developments of sensor technology including hardware miniaturization and increased sensitivity have enabled the development of less intrusive methods to monitor physiological parameters during daily life. In this work, we present methods to recover cardiac and respiratory parameters using accelerometer and gyroscope sensors on the wrist. We demonstrate accurate measurements in a controlled laboratory study where participants (n = 12) held three different positions (standing up, sitting down and lying down) under relaxed and aroused conditions. In particular, we show it is possible to achieve a mean absolute error of 1.27 beats per minute (STD: 3.37) for heart rate and 0.38 breaths per minute (STD: 1.19) for breathing rate when comparing performance with FDA-cleared sensors. Furthermore, we show comparable performance with a state-of-the-art wrist-worn heart rate monitor, and when monitoring heart rate of three individuals during two consecutive nights of in-situ sleep measurements.
