Abstract: A system for detecting the heart beat rate of a person in a vehicle, comprising: at least one magnetic field sensor (11, 12) mounted inside the vehicle in a position close to a person's seat in the vehicle; and signal processing circuitry (2, 13) arranged to receive an output signal from said at least one magnetic field sensor, and to extract from said output signal data indicative of a heart beat rate. The invention also relates to a system for fatigue detection, and to the corresponding methods.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 25, 2007
Publication date:
December 31, 2009
Applicant:
ADVANCARE, S.L.
Inventors:
Juan Jose Barrero Batalloso, Marc Fabregas Bachs, Lluis Miquel Martinez Garcia