Development of a novel humidity sensor for breath pattern recognition using large dislocation hollow core fiber infused with nano-carbon quantum water gel microfiber

Abstract

This study presents a humidity sensor based on a large-core-offset hollow core optical fiber (LD-HCF) combined with polyvinyl alcohol carbon quantum dots (PVA-CQDs) nanocomposite microfiber for monitoring human respiratory. PVA-CQDs was introduced into the hollow core structure of LD-HCF to develope the respiratory sensor. The sensor has been integrated into a respiratory monitoring mask, exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light and demonstrated with a humidity sensitivity of 0.1721 nm/%RH as well as response and recovery times of 0.232 s and 0.252 s, respectively. The mask provides the real-time monitoring of human respiratory rates during various activities, including walking, standing, coughing, running, apnea 1 time and apnea 3 times. The typical respiratory patterns have been classified with a remarkable accuracy of 97.62 % using a WOA-1D CNN-LSTM neural network. The respiratory monitoring device is proposed by optical fiber, offering a promising potential in the real-time monitoring for healthcare process.