title: Collaborative processing of wearable and ambient sensor system for blood pressure monitoring.
abstract: This paper describes wireless wearable and ambient sensors that cooperate to monitor a person's vital signs such as heart rate and blood pressure during daily activities. Each wearable sensor is attached on different parts of the body. The wearable sensors require a high sampling rate and time synchronization to provide a precise analysis of the received signals. The trigger signal for synchronization is provided by the ambient sensors, which detect the user's presence. The Bluetooth and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless technologies are used for real-time sensing and time synchronization. Thus, this wearable health-monitoring sensor response is closely related to the context in which it is being used. Experimental results indicate that the system simultaneously provides information about the user's location and vital signs, and the synchronized wearable sensors successfully measures vital signs with a 1 ms resolution.
authors.affiliation: NTT Energy and Environment Systems Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa Pref. 243-0198, Japan. nakamura.masayuki@lab.ntt.co.jp
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shuzo
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation