METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING BIOMETRIC DATA USING UWB RADAR
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1. A method of measuring biometric data using a UWB radar, the method comprising:
- (a) determining a respiratory rate by using reflection signals reflected off a target patient;
(b) extracting respiration signals from the reflection signals, removing the extracted respiration signals from the reflection signals and converting into signals of a frequency domain; and
(c) determining a heartbeat rate by detecting peak values from the frequency-domain signals converted in said step (b).
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Abstract
A method and device for measuring biometric data using a UWB radar are disclosed. The disclosed method includes: (a) determining a respiratory rate by using reflection signals reflected off a target patient; (b) extracting respiration signals from the reflection signals, removing the extracted respiration signals from the reflection signals and converting into signals of a frequency domain; and (c) determining a heartbeat rate by detecting peak values from the frequency-domain signals converted in said step (b).
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1. A method of measuring biometric data using a UWB radar, the method comprising:
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(a) determining a respiratory rate by using reflection signals reflected off a target patient; (b) extracting respiration signals from the reflection signals, removing the extracted respiration signals from the reflection signals and converting into signals of a frequency domain; and (c) determining a heartbeat rate by detecting peak values from the frequency-domain signals converted in said step (b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device for measuring biometric data using a UWB radar, the device comprising:
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a frequency converter unit configured to convert reflection signals reflected off a target patient into frequency-domain signals; a respiratory rate determiner unit configured to determine a respiratory rate by using the frequency-domain signals for the reflection signals converted by the frequency converter unit; a peak detector unit configured to detect a plurality of peak values from frequency-domain signals obtained by extracting respiration signals from the reflection signals and removing the extracted respiration signals from the reflection signals and to remove harmonic components of the determined respiratory rate; and a heartbeat rate determiner unit configured to determine a heartbeat rate as one of the peak values remaining after removing the harmonic components. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of measuring biometric data using a UWB radar, the method comprising:
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analyzing frequency components after obtaining frequency-domain signals for reflection signals reflected off a target patient; repeating the analyzing for a predesignated number of times to detect a plurality of peak values in a predesignated frequency range and removing harmonic components for a maximum peak value from the frequency components; and determining a heartbeat rate by using at least one of a repetition frequency and a magnitude of the peak values from among frequencies for the peak values having the harmonic components removed therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A device for measuring biometric data using a UWB radar, the device comprising:
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a frequency converter unit configured to convert reflection signals reflected off a target patient into frequency-domain signals and analyze frequency components; a respiratory rate determiner unit configured to determine a respiratory rate by using the frequency-domain signals for the reflection signals converted by the frequency converter unit; a peak detector unit configured to detect a plurality of peak values from results of repeating the frequency component analysis a predesignated number of times and removing harmonic components of the respiratory rate frequency determined by the respiratory rate determiner unit; and a heartbeat rate determiner unit configured to determine a heartbeat rate by using at least one of a repetition frequency and a magnitude of the peak values from among frequencies for peak values having the harmonic components removed therefrom.
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