Application of Cardio-Forecasting for Evaluation of Human-Operator Performance

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 2;17(1):326. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010326.

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the development of the cardio-forecasting technology, which introduces a new method to monitor the state of human-operator, which is characteristic for the given production conditions and for individual operators, to predict the moment of exhaustion of his/her working capacity. The work aims to demonstrate the unique, distinctive features of the cardio-forecasting technology for predicting an individual limit of his/her working capacity for each person. A unique methodology for predicting individually for each person the moment when he/she reaches the limit of his/her working capacity is based on a spectral analysis of a human phonocardiogram in order to isolate the frequency component located at the heart contraction frequency. The trend of the amplitude of this component is approximated by its model; consequently, the coefficients of the trend model are determined. They include the operator's operating time until his/her working capacity is exhausted. A methodology for predicting the moment when he/she reaches the limit of his/her working capacity for each person individually and assessment based on this degree of criticality of their condition will be realized as a software application for smartphones using the Android operating system.

Keywords: cardiogram; identification of model parameters; individual limit of working capacity; model coefficients; trend model; trend of heart rate amplitude.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Forecasting*
  • Heart / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Monitoring, Physiologic*