RESTING HEART RATE MONITOR SYSTEM

摘要

It is an object of the present invention to provide a heart rate monitor system (10) which is able to determine the resting heart rate in an effective and unobtrusive manner. In an aspect of the present invention, a heart rate monitor system (10) comprising an inactivity determining unit (320) for determining periods of inactivity (IP) of a user based on motion data (MD) detected by at least one motion sensor (200) attached to the user and a resting heart rate calculating unit (330) for calculating a resting heart rate (RHR) of the user based on heart rate data (HR) detected by at least one heart rate sensor (100) attached to the user during the periods of inactivity (IP) as determined by the inactivity determining unit (320) is provided.

主权项

1. Heart rate monitor system, the heart rate monitor system being implemented as a wearable device which can be attached or arranged on a skin of a user, comprising:
an inactivity determining unit for determining periods of inactivity (IP) of the user based on motion data (MD) detected by at least one motion sensor attached to the user, at least one heart rate sensor for measuring heart rate data (HR) of the user over time and during non-restrictive living conditions, a resting heart rate calculating unit for calculating a resting heart rate (RHR) of the user based on said heart rate data (HR) which are measured by the at least one heart rate sensor during the periods of inactivity (IP) as determined by the inactivity determining unit, and a reliability establishing unit for establishing reliable heart rate data (HRR) from among the measured heart rate data (HR), wherein the reliability establishing unit is adapted to ignore heart rate data (HR) which is lower than a lower threshold and heart rate data (HR) which is above an upper threshold, and wherein the resting heart rate calculating unit is adapted to calculate the resting heart rate (RHR) of the user based on the reliable heart rate data (HRR) as established by the reliability establishing unit.