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Real Time Heart Rate Variability Measurement Based on Photoplethysmography Signal Using Smart Phone Application Cover

Real Time Heart Rate Variability Measurement Based on Photoplethysmography Signal Using Smart Phone Application

Open Access
|Oct 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

System model depiction of real-time HRV measurement using PPG.

Figure 2:

Block diagram for real-time HRV measurement using PPG.

Figure 3.

Steps involved in an android application design.

Figure 4:

Single frame of YUV 420.

Figure 5:

Value of RGB and Hue for diverse smart phone devices.

Table 1:

Color and their Hue range

ColorHue range
Red355°–10°
Pink-red346°–355°
Red-orange11°–20°
Table 2:

Video specification

Video specificationFormulaeSample
Video dataV (m, n, c, t)320 × 240
Resolutionm x n
m = 0 …M - 1
n = 0 …N - 1
t = 0 …T - 1
ChannelC = 1, 2, 3RGB
Number of framesT
Frame rateF30 fps

[i] RGB, red, green, and blue.

Figure 6:

Extraction of RGB.

Examine the input signal of FFT M(T)
Assess the signal with n filter, as N(T)
Perform Dot product among the signal
Evaluate the low band Wavelet coefficient
Evaluate the High Band Wavelet coefficient
Based on these approximate coefficient decimation results are obtained
Table 3:

Implementation details

Implementation details
RAM16 GB
ConfigurationWindows 11
Version2024b
SoftwarePython
ROMMore than 100 GB
Clock speed3 GHz
Figure 7:

Experimental outcome of developed model. HF, high frequency; LF, low frequency; PPG, photoplethysmography; PSD, power spectral density; RGB, red, green, and blue; VLF, very low frequency.

Table 4:

Mean and SD estimation

ParametersMeanSD
Age (years)22.14
LF%32.310.9
HF%67.710.9
LF/HF0.490.59
RMSSD in ms152.9734.44
HR (Smart phone)93.1918.36
HR (Oximeter)93.6715.42
% Error5.972.93

[i] HF, high frequency; LF, low frequency; RMSSD, root mean square of successive differences; SD, standard deviation.

Figure 8:

Achieved results of android application. HF, high frequency; HRV, heart rate variability; LF, low frequency; VLF, very low frequency.

Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 5, 2026
Published on: Oct 2, 2026
Published by: International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2026 S. T. Veerabhadrappa, G. C. Suguna, A. C. Savitha, Ravi Kumar, N. Smitha, published by International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.