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Breathing is one of the most important body functions because it provides it with oxygen, which is vital for energy production. In addition, the removal of carbon dioxide actively regulates the acid-base level, which is essential for the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-18 Janosch Kunczik , Kerstin Hubbermann , Lucas Mösch , Andreas Follmann , Michael Czaplik , Carina Barbosa Pereira

Respiratory rate (RR) is a clinical metric used to assess overall health and physical fitness. An individual's RR can change from their baseline due to chronic illness symptoms (e.g., asthma, congestive heart failure), acute illness (e.g.,…

Sound · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Agni Kumar , Vikramjit Mitra , Carolyn Oliver , Adeeti Ullal , Matt Biddulph , Irida Mance

Breathing is vital to life. Therefore, the real-time monitoring of breathing pattern of a patient is crucial to respiratory rehabilitation therapies such as magnetic resonance exams for respiratory-triggered imaging, chronic pulmonary…

The presence of people can be detected by passively observing the signal strength of Wifi and related forms of communication. This paper tackles the question of how and when can this be prevented by adjustments to the transmitted signal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Mingxuan Han , Jeff M. Phillips , Sneha Kumar Kasera

Over the last decade there has been high interest in home sleep monitoring among research community and society. Smartphone-based sleep monitoring seems to be especially attractive. However, smartphone should be able to register…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-08 Alexander Tataraidze , Roman Olesyuk , Mikhail Pikhletsky

Radio technology enabled contact-free human posture and vital sign estimation is promising for health monitoring. Radio systems at millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies advantageously bring large bandwidth, multi-antenna array and beam…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-17 Hadi Alidoustaghdam , Min Chen , Ben Willetts , Kai Mao , André Kokkeler , Yang Miao

Human movements in the workspace usually have non-negligible relations with air quality parameters (e.g., CO$_2$, PM2.5, and PM10). We establish a system to monitor indoor human mobility with air quality and assess the interrelationship…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Kyle K. Qin , Mohammad S. Rahaman , Yongli Ren , Chi-Tsun Cheng , Ivan Cole , Flora D. Salim

Non-contact estimation of respiratory pattern (RP) and respiration rate (RR) has multiple applications. Existing methods for RP and RR measurement fall into one of the three categories - (i) estimation through nasal air flow measurement,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-04-26 A. P. Prathosh , Pragathi Praveena , Lalit K. Mestha , Sanjay Bharadwaj

This paper explores the deployment of mm-wave Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar for vital sign detection across multiple scenarios. We focus on overcoming the limitations of traditional sensing methods by enhancing signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-29 Ehsan Sadeghi , Paul Havinga

Recent developments in mmWave radar technologies have enabled the truly non-contact heart-rate (HR) and breath-rate (BR) measurement approaches, which provides a great ease in patient monitoring. Additionally, these technologies also…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Jewel Benny , Pranjal Mahajan , Srayan Sankar Chatterjee , Mohd Wajid , Abhishek Srivastava

In post-covid19 world, radio frequency (RF)-based non-contact methods, e.g., software-defined radios (SDR)-based methods have emerged as promising candidates for intelligent remote sensing of human vitals, and could help in containment of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-13 Kawish Pervez , Waqas Aman , M. Mahboob Ur Rahman , M. Wasim Nawaz , Qammer H. Abbasi

Non-invasive at-home monitoring of lung and lung airways health enables the early detection and tracking of respiratory diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Various proposed approaches estimate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-12 Maria Nyamukuru , Kofi Odame

Respiration rate (RR) is an important vital sign for clinical monitoring of hospitalized patients, with changes in RR being strongly tied to changes in clinical status leading to adverse events. Human labels for RR, based on counting…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-25 Thomas Kite , Brian Ayers , Nicholas Houstis , Asishana A. Osho , Thoralf M. Sundt , Aaron D Aguirre

Wireless 802.11 links operate in unlicensed spectrum and so must accommodate other unlicensed transmitters which generate pulsed interference. We propose a new approach for detecting the presence of pulsed interference affecting 802.11…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-07-28 Brad W. Zarikoff , Douglas J. Leith

Breathing monitoring is crucial in healthcare for early detection of health issues, but traditional methods face challenges like invasiveness, privacy concerns, and limited applicability in daily settings. This paper introduces light…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-18 Omar Rinchi , Ahmad Alsharoa , Denise A. Baker

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a key technology for 6G wireless networks. In this paper, wireless sensing for the indoor multi-person tracking is explored with 6G mmWave ISAC systems. To limit the sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-06 Chongrui Wang , Aimin Tang , Fei Gao , Chaojun Xu

Breathing is a spontaneous but controllable body function that can be used for hands-free interaction. Our work introduces "iBreath", a novel system to detect breathing gestures similar to clicks using bio-impedance. We evaluated iBreath's…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Mengxi Liu , Daniel Geißler , Deepika Gurung , Hymalai Bello , Bo Zhou , Sizhen Bian , Paul Lukowicz , Passant Elagroudy

The paper targets the problem of human motion detection using Wireless Local Area Network devices (WiFi) equipped with pattern reconfigurable antennas. Motion sensing is obtained by monitoring the body-induced alterations of the ambient…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Marco Santoboni , Riccardo Bersan , Stefano Savazzi , Alberto Zecchin , Vittorio Rampa Daniele Piazza

As elderly population grows, social and health care begin to face validation challenges, in-home monitoring is becoming a focus for professionals in the field. Governments urgently need to improve the quality of healthcare services at lower…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-22 Lingchao Guo , Zhaoming Lu , Shuang Zhou , Xiangming Wen , Zhihong He

In this paper a new method based on the fusion of optical and radar data is proposed to detect and remotely interrogate mobile and passive sensors. The sensors are detected in real time by using an optical camera, while their remote reading…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-17 Ali Hadj Djilani , Dominique Henry , Patrick Pons , Herve Aubert