Innovative Voice Health Monitoring Wearable Developed for a US-Based Healthcare Company
Overview
A US-based healthcare start-up specializing in early diagnosis of voice disorders sought a reliable technology partner to develop firmware for their innovative BLE-enabled wearable device. The client needed a robust and efficient solution capable of high-frequency data acquisition and real-time transmission to support accurate voice health monitoring and early-stage diagnostics.
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Challenges
Lack of real-time high-throughput data transmission from sensor devices for accurate voice monitoring
Absence of a power-optimized, BLE-enabled firmware architecture to support continuous voice data acquisition and offline storage
Solution
- Developed firmware for BLE enabled sensor devices
- Designed and validated memory footprint for sensor application and voice processing algorithm
- Provided RTOS based architecture & detailed design
- Data collection at high sample rates from sensors, like accelerometer(4 kHz) and microphone (16 kHz)
- Real-time BLE data transmission (>10kBps)
- Power budget & storage capacity analysis
- BLE throughput measurement
- Online & offline mode support, offline mode data will be stored in onboard memory for future analytics
- Developed evaluation boards and migrated to customized boards
Outcomes
- Provided high throughput for audio detection and transmission from the sensor for better voice quality recognition
- Delivered innovative wearable voice solution within a short span of 2 months to have a first-mover advantage in the market
