Proposal for a method of controlling heart rate during step exercise

Abstract

The new coronavirus has caused many people to become inactive. Seniors are thought to be at increased risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases such as lipid disorders, hypertension, and obesity due to lack of exercise. In addition, many elderly people are unaware of the amount of exercise they should be doing, and often exercise excessively, exercise ineffectively, or do not know the amount of exercise that is appropriate for them. The goal of this study was to propose a control method that uses a thermal imaging camera to sense the load from exercise in real time and maintain a constant and appropriate heart rate based on the sensed information. The authors confirmed that heart rate can be predicted using LSTM from thermographic images during step exercise. Therefore, in this study, the authors conducted basic research on a method to measure and control the heart rate to a constant heart rate during step exercise.