A Modular BLE-Based Body Area Network Embedded into a Smart Garment for Rescuers Real-Time Monitoring in Emergency Scenarios

Giulia Sedda, Giulia Baldazzi, Salvatore Spanu, Antonello Mascia, Andrea Spanu, Piero Cosseddu, Annalisa Bonfiglio, Danilo Pani

2023

Abstract

In this work, we present a prototype of a smart technical underwear for first responders involved in search-and-rescue operations, to be worn under the rescuer’s professional uniform. Polymer-based electrodes able to detect ECG and EMG signals, and organic transistor for joint angles estimation are embedded into the smart garment. The technical underwear implements a body sensor network of BLE nodes able to acquire, process in real-time and transmit electrophysiological and biomechanical data from the sensors to a custom Android app on the rescuer’s smartphone. The app geolocates the data by using the information of the GPS integrated into the smartphone and sends them to the control center for remote monitoring. The system features high modularity, as the rescuer can adopt a subset of sensors depending on the specific operative context, without any app configuration.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sedda G., Baldazzi G., Spanu S., Mascia A., Spanu A., Cosseddu P., Bonfiglio A. and Pani D. (2023). A Modular BLE-Based Body Area Network Embedded into a Smart Garment for Rescuers Real-Time Monitoring in Emergency Scenarios. In Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES; ISBN 978-989-758-631-6, SciTePress, pages 177-181. DOI: 10.5220/0011778100003414

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices23,
author={Giulia Sedda and Giulia Baldazzi and Salvatore Spanu and Antonello Mascia and Andrea Spanu and Piero Cosseddu and Annalisa Bonfiglio and Danilo Pani},
title={A Modular BLE-Based Body Area Network Embedded into a Smart Garment for Rescuers Real-Time Monitoring in Emergency Scenarios},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES},
year={2023},
pages={177-181},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011778100003414},
isbn={978-989-758-631-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES
TI - A Modular BLE-Based Body Area Network Embedded into a Smart Garment for Rescuers Real-Time Monitoring in Emergency Scenarios
SN - 978-989-758-631-6
AU - Sedda G.
AU - Baldazzi G.
AU - Spanu S.
AU - Mascia A.
AU - Spanu A.
AU - Cosseddu P.
AU - Bonfiglio A.
AU - Pani D.
PY - 2023
SP - 177
EP - 181
DO - 10.5220/0011778100003414
PB - SciTePress