Wearable wireless sensor Nodes for a calf healts monirtoring system

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26892021
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Agricultural environmental engineering/Agricultural information engineering
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	Nogami Hirofumi 九州大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (50736147)
Project Period (FY)	2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	MEMS / Wearable sensor / 低消費電力センサ / アニマルヘルスモニタリングシステム / 生体情報計測
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We succeeded to fabricate low power wireless sensor nodes to count breathing rate or heart rate of a calf. The first, we made the prototype sensors to measure piezoelectric voltages in response to the breathing or heart beating of a calf. Using both these sensors and bio-instrumentation system for a calf, we attached these sensors to calves. As a result, we got the voltage change corresponding to the breathing or heart beating. Based on the results, we fabricated low power wireless sensor nodes using the ultra-low power consumption custum IC, the event-driven system and piezoelectric sensors.