Detecting Vital Signs Using Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors in Military Applications

Abstract

Soldiers are subjected during the mission to death threats. Moreover, the medical crew when they need to intervene takes very high risks being forced to move through cross-fire. Being aware of the status of every soldier in battle gives a great advantage in terms of prioritization. Besides the military applications, there is a visible need of new methods of determination of the vital signs. Discovering such new methods offers the advantage of versatility. Wearables will no longer be constrained by where they should be worn, or there will be enough methods of analyzing the vital signs that it will be easier to find a method of wearing it that suits the need. Because the IMU sensors are used in every device that consists of a movement analyzing feature, searching for new applications to use them brings a big gain. In this paper, we analyze the possibilities of using IMU sensors in detecting the vital signs of a person, and the results obtained will represent a starting point for the implementation of a solution for monitoring the vital signs of soldiers.