Small Motion Detection and Non-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring with Continuous Wave Doppler Radars

Authors

  • Ibrahim Seflek Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Nature Sciences, Konya Technical University
  • Yunus Emre Acar Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Selcuk University
  • Ercan Yaldiz Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Nature Sciences, Konya Technical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.26.3.25810

Keywords:

Displacement measurement, Doppler radar, Non-contact measurement, Vital signs monitoring

Abstract

Radars have become devices that one can come across in any environment at any moment. This means that they enter to all areas of life and even in the field of medicine and will be used more intensively in the future. Especially, the attention has been drawn to that they are suitable for the non-contact vital signs monitoring. In this study, two radar structures operating at 24 GHz (Radar 1) and 2.4 GHz (Radar 2) frequencies are used. Radar 1 structure is created on a printed circuit board (PCB), whereas Radar 2 is obtained by combining discrete components. The 8.5 mm movement performed with the aid of a test mechanism is detected by two radars with percentage errors (PEs) of 2.58% and 6.23%, respectively. For the 0.25 Hz vibration frequency, the error is the same for both radars and is 2.4 %. In measurements taken from a healthy human subject, Radar 1 finds a respiration rate with 1.85 % of PE and heart beat rate with 6.17 % of PE. In Radar 2, these values are 2.35 % and 8.24 %, respectively. From the measurement results, it is seen that the resolution of Radar 1 is better than that of Radar 2. The results also indicate that small motion detection and vital signs monitoring are carried out successfully.

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Published

2020-06-27

How to Cite

Seflek, I., Acar, Y. E., & Yaldiz, E. (2020). Small Motion Detection and Non-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring with Continuous Wave Doppler Radars. Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 26(3), 54-60. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.26.3.25810

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 3 (2020)

Section

ELECTRONICS

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