Advanced Heart Rate Detection Using Embedded System

In current technical innovation in the field of disease detection and prevention, some of the health monitoring systems are made of minimum amount of resources even then, they appear bit complicated when considered with respect to their design complexity. So, to overcome these complexities, the wireless communication system is used and enhanced further to meet the needs of remote monitoring. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) technology helps the individual to monitor their health on their own without getting any instructions from medical experts and no need to go for the clinic or hospital. This technology increases the efficiency of such health monitoring services. Most of the health condition monitoring devices that are in use now days are made of offline mode, but the proposed system overcomes all these drawbacks, as it is modeled in such a way that a common man can monitor his health condition by detecting the heart pulse rate and monitoring it in real time. Heart beat is the main important parameter that plays a vital role in monitoring patient's health. Hence, monitoring the heart rate will be more beneficial for human to lead a healthy life. The proposed working module mainly consists of IR sensor that detects and counts the number of pulses over a specified time interval by observing the changes caused in the density of the blood flow and calculates the heart rate per minute and this data is fed to the microcontroller which is processed to digitize the obtained analog signal and this digital count is displayed on the LCD as a final output on its display. The proposed system is advanced in such a way that, just by sensing the change in blood volume through the fingertip this device is capable of detecting the number of pulses and specifying some of the emotional condition of that person as per the data obtained. This monitoring system will be portable and will be available at very low cost with efficient, accurate results in real time and user friendly.