Study on the Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Positions of the Human Body Using Two-Dimensional Millimeter-Wave Array Radar

ABSTRACT

Radar-based non contact measurement of physiological signals and vital signs has been of great interest, partly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing studies reported that different physiological signals can be extracted from different positions of the human body. In this study, we demonstrate the measurement of multiple positions of the human body using a radar system with a two-dimensional antenna array. Using a 79-GHz 48-channel multiple-input multiple-output antenna array, we image multiple body parts of participants and separate the echoes using array signal processing. We present experimental results to show the feasibility of the proposed approach. © 2022 The Institute of Electronics Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) of Japan.