Contact surface area: A novel signal for heart rate estimation in smartphone videos

Sara Fridovich-Keil, Peter Jeffrey Ramadge

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Abstract

We consider the problem of smartphone video-based heart rate estimation, which typically relies on measuring the green color intensity of the user's skin. We describe a novel signal in fingertip videos used for smartphone-based heart rate estimation: fingertip contact surface area. We propose a model relating contact surface area to pressure, and validate it on a dataset of 786 videos from 62 participants by demonstrating a statistical correlation between contact surface area and green color intensity. We estimate heart rate on our dataset with two algorithms, a baseline using the green signal only and a novel algorithm based on both color and area. We demonstrate lower rates of substantial errors (> 10 beats per minute) using the novel algorithm (4.1%), compared both to the baseline algorithm (6.4%) and to published results using commercial color-based applications (≥ 6%).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages444-448
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781728112954
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2 2018
Event2018 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2018 - Anaheim, United States
Duration: Nov 26 2018Nov 29 2018

Publication series

Name2018 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2018 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnaheim
Period11/26/1811/29/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Information Systems
  • Signal Processing

Keywords

  • Group LASSO
  • Heart rate monitoring
  • Photoplethysmography (PPG)

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