Design and Implementation of an Embedded Cardio-Respiratory Monitoring System for Wheelchair Users

A novel design of an embedded cardiorespiratory monitoring system for wheelchair users is proposed. The entire system is composed of a sensor node, a smartphone, and a cloud server. The sensor node contains two parts of an ultra-wideband pulse radar and the data processing module; the former is used to obtain continuous vital-sign signals, and the latter processes the sampled signals to estimate the heart rate and the respiration rate, implemented in an embedded system to achieve a fully integrated radar system. The smartphone functions as the data bridge between the sensor node and the cloud server, which is responsible for sending emergent messages. Experiment results show that the proposed system could work reliably in static and dynamic cases of wheelchairs.