Research on wearable devices for safety of underground mine personnel

Abstract

In view of problems of low positioning accuracy of underground personnel positioning system and incomplete functions of underground personnel vital signs monitoring system, a wearable device with functions of personnel positioning, falling or lying posture monitoring and heart rate monitoring was studied. The device adopts combination of RSSI ranging and step calculation to improve positioning accuracy of underground personnel. Three-axis acceleration sensor is used to detect abnormal movement of person, and heart rate sensor is used to obtain heart rate data. The test results show that the device can achieve accurate positioning of underground personnel, can accurately determine falling or lying posture of underground personnel, and alarm abnormal state.

Keywords

• underground personnel positioning
• safety monitoring
• wearable device
• posture monitoring
• heart rate monitoring