Performance evaluation of the heart rate measurement using smart shoes

The wearable devices are gaining its popularity in recent years. This paper presents the performances of our smart shoes as a wearable biomedical device in capturing the heartbeat signal from dorsalis pedis. Generally, the heartbeat measured from an artery was located on the chest, hand, fingertip, and ear or neck. Even though the pulse from dorsalis pedis has a smaller amplitude compared to the other artery location, the integrated sensor on our smart shoes can capture the signal with high precision. The experiment was conducted several times to three groups of healthy participants; they were kid, mature, and elder. The results show that the smart shoe sensor could measure the dorsalis pedis pulse and has a maximum error rate of 11.76% compared to the digital tensimeter. Unlike the standard measurement and other commercial devices, our device gives a small gap in RMS error, which is acceptable for clinical needs.