Search for survivors buried in rubble by rescue radar with array antennas - Extraction of respiratory fluctuation -

Iwaki Akiyama; Natsuki Yoshizumi; Akihisa Ohya; Yoshimitsu Aoki; Fumitoshi Matsuno

doi:10.1109/SSRR.2007.4381292

Search for survivors buried in rubble by rescue radar with array antennas - Extraction of respiratory fluctuation -

Iwaki Akiyama, Natsuki Yoshizumi, Akihisa Ohya, Yoshimitsu Aoki, Fumitoshi Matsuno

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Abstract

The authors have developed a Doppler-type ground penetrating radar (GPR) unit to find survivors buried in houses that have collapsed in an earthquake or other disaster. The purpose of this study is to improve the dynamic range of radar consisting of an array antenna so that it can quickly identify far-off survivors under rubble. The authors focused on time-variable elements from the respiration of a survivor awaiting rescue in order to remove clutter components, such as the rubble. A healthy individual's respiratory frequency varies from 0.2 Hz to 0.5 Hz, so the authors propose a signal processing method to extract these frequency elements in an effective manner. The authors also examine the effectiveness of this method experimentally.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2007.4381292
Publication status	Published - 2007 Dec 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, SSRR2007 - Rome, Italy Duration: 2007 Sept 27 → 2007 Sept 29

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Name	SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings

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Other	IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, SSRR2007
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	07/9/27 → 07/9/29

Keywords

Breath detection
Ground penetrating radar

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Safety Research

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Akiyama, I., Yoshizumi, N., Ohya, A., Aoki, Y., & Matsuno, F. (2007). Search for survivors buried in rubble by rescue radar with array antennas - Extraction of respiratory fluctuation -. In SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings Article 4381292 (SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2007.4381292

Search for survivors buried in rubble by rescue radar with array antennas - Extraction of respiratory fluctuation -. / Akiyama, Iwaki; Yoshizumi, Natsuki; Ohya, Akihisa et al.
SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings. 2007. 4381292 (SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Akiyama, I, Yoshizumi, N, Ohya, A, Aoki, Y & Matsuno, F 2007, Search for survivors buried in rubble by rescue radar with array antennas - Extraction of respiratory fluctuation -. in SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings., 4381292, SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings, IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, SSRR2007, Rome, Italy, 07/9/27. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2007.4381292

Akiyama I, Yoshizumi N, Ohya A, Aoki Y, Matsuno F. Search for survivors buried in rubble by rescue radar with array antennas - Extraction of respiratory fluctuation -. In SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings. 2007. 4381292. (SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/SSRR.2007.4381292

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