METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ACCURATE HEART RATE
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1. The method for monitoring a heart rate of a human or an animal, comprising the steps ofmeasuring at least one heart rate signal and at least one activity signal,modeling or calculating of a predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate or a predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate signal in real time,rejecting at least partially the measured heart rate signal or a heart rate obtained from the measured heart rate signal when said measured heart rate signal is of low quality, andreplacing a rejected heart rate or a rejected heart rate signal by a simulated heart rate or a simulated heart rate signal,obtaining the simulated heart rate or the simulated heart rate signal from the activity signal using the predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate or the predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate signal, andoutputting the measured and/or simulated heart rate or heart rate signal.
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A method for monitoring a more accurate heart rate of a human or an animal, wherein at least one heart rate or electrocardiogram (ECG) signal and at least one activity signal is measured and wherein, when said measured heart rate or ECG signal is of low quality, the heart rate or ECG signal is at least partially rejected and replaced by a simulated heart rate or ECG signal, which is calculated from a predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate or ECG signal. By applying this method in real time using on-line modelling a predetermined relationship is continuously updated to have an accurate modelled heart rate.
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1. The method for monitoring a heart rate of a human or an animal, comprising the steps of
measuring at least one heart rate signal and at least one activity signal, modeling or calculating of a predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate or a predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate signal in real time, rejecting at least partially the measured heart rate signal or a heart rate obtained from the measured heart rate signal when said measured heart rate signal is of low quality, and replacing a rejected heart rate or a rejected heart rate signal by a simulated heart rate or a simulated heart rate signal, obtaining the simulated heart rate or the simulated heart rate signal from the activity signal using the predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate or the predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate signal, and outputting the measured and/or simulated heart rate or heart rate signal.
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