Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHz
This work presents a seat-occupancy detection system based on a PCR (Pulsed Coherent Radar) at the unlicensed 60 GHz ISM band. The radar can measure distances with sub-millimeter resolution. Therefore, the system can detect the presence of people occupying the seats by measuring small movements of t...
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| author | Antonio Lazaro Marc Lazaro Ramon Villarino David Girbau |
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| description | This work presents a seat-occupancy detection system based on a PCR (Pulsed Coherent Radar) at the unlicensed 60 GHz ISM band. The radar can measure distances with sub-millimeter resolution. Therefore, the system can detect the presence of people occupying the seats by measuring small movements of the body, such as those produced by breathing. In consequence, the system not only measures seat-occupancy but also breathing rate, which is estimated from the amplitude peaks after filtering the amplitude measured by the radar to remove the noise. The effect of the car vibrations and random body movement is experimentally studied. Measurements performed with adults, as well as with a baby emulator sitting in a child seat, are presented. Comparison of the system with another that measures the breath based on airflow shows good agreement and permits its validation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6375bf5eb4243e3bce8f18c07940f8f2022-12-21T18:31:44ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362021-01-01911540311541410.1109/ACCESS.2021.31053909514844Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHzAntonio Lazaro0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-5777Marc Lazaro1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8930-1170Ramon Villarino2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9692-8943David Girbau3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7995-5536Electronics, Electrical and Automatics Engineering Department, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, SpainElectronics, Electrical and Automatics Engineering Department, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, SpainElectronics, Electrical and Automatics Engineering Department, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, SpainElectronics, Electrical and Automatics Engineering Department, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, SpainThis work presents a seat-occupancy detection system based on a PCR (Pulsed Coherent Radar) at the unlicensed 60 GHz ISM band. The radar can measure distances with sub-millimeter resolution. Therefore, the system can detect the presence of people occupying the seats by measuring small movements of the body, such as those produced by breathing. In consequence, the system not only measures seat-occupancy but also breathing rate, which is estimated from the amplitude peaks after filtering the amplitude measured by the radar to remove the noise. The effect of the car vibrations and random body movement is experimentally studied. Measurements performed with adults, as well as with a baby emulator sitting in a child seat, are presented. Comparison of the system with another that measures the breath based on airflow shows good agreement and permits its validation.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9514844/Automotive radarmm-wave radarseat occupancydetectionvital-sign monitoringbreathing monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Lazaro Marc Lazaro Ramon Villarino David Girbau Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHz IEEE Access Automotive radar mm-wave radar seat occupancy detection vital-sign monitoring breathing monitoring |
| title | Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHz |
| title_full | Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHz |
| title_fullStr | Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHz |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHz |
| title_short | Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHz |
| title_sort | seat occupancy detection system and breathing rate monitoring based on a low cost mm wave radar at 60 ghz |
| topic | Automotive radar mm-wave radar seat occupancy detection vital-sign monitoring breathing monitoring |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9514844/ |
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