Biological information detecting device and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10201287-B2
Application number	US-201515120092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Feb 12, 2019
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

A biological information detecting device includes: a first light receiving portion which receives light from a subject; a second light receiving portion which receives light from the subject; and a light-transmissive member which is provided at a position further on the subject side than the first light receiving portion and the second light receiving portion, through which light from the subject is transmitted. In a direction from the biological information detecting device to the subject, when a height of the light-transmissive member at a position or in a region corresponding to the first light receiving portion is set to h 1 and a height of the light-transmissive member at a position or in a region corresponding to the second light receiving portion is set to h 2 , h 1 >h 2 is satisfied.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A biological information detecting device configured to detect a pulse wave of a subject, the device comprising:
a substrate;
at least one light source disposed on the substrate and which emits light to a subject;
a first light receiving sensor disposed on the substrate and which receives light from the subject;
a second light receiving sensor disposed on the substrate and which receives light from the subject;
a light shielding wall disposed on the substrate between the light source and at least one of the first light receiving sensor and the second light receiving sensor; and
a light-transmissive layer, which is provided over the substrate to cover the first light receiving sensor and the second light receiving sensor and at a position nearer to the subject than the first light receiving sensor and the second light receiving sensor, through which light from the subject is transmitted,
wherein
the light-transmissive layer is shaped to have a first height at a position or in a region corresponding to the first light receiving sensor and a second height at a position or in a region corresponding to the second light receiving sensor, the first height and the second height being measured in a direction from the substrate to the subject, and
the first height is greater than the second height.

2. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first height is a height of the light-transmissive layer at a representative position of the first light receiving sensor, and
the second height is a height of the light-transmissive layer at a representative position of the second light receiving sensor.

3. An electronic apparatus comprising the biological information detecting device according to claim 2 .

4. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein when a region including the first light receiving sensor and the light source in a plan view that is viewed from the subject side is a first region and a region including the second light receiving sensor and the light source in a plan view that is viewed from the subject side is a second region, the first height is an average height of the light-transmissive layer in the first region and the second height is an average height of the light-transmissive layer in the second region.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising the biological information detecting device according to claim 4 .

6. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the light-transmissive layer is pressed against the subject at a time of measuring the biological information of the subject, and
when a pressing force of the light-transmissive layer at a position or in a region corresponding to the first light receiving sensor is P 1 and a pressing force of the light-transmissive layer at a position or in a region corresponding to the second light receiving sensor is P 2 , P 1 >P 2 is satisfied due to difference between the first height and the second height of the light-transmissive layer.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising the biological information detecting device according to claim 6 .

8. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one processor that calculates the biological information of the subject based on a first detection signal detected by the first light receiving sensor.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising the biological information detecting device according to claim 8 .

10. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light receiving sensor is disposed on the substrate between the light source and the second light receiving sensor.

11. The biological information detecting device according to claim 10 , wherein when a distance between a center of the light source and a center of the first light receiving sensor is L 1 and a distance between the center of the light source and a center of the second light receiving sensor is L 2 , L 2 >2×L 1 is satisfied.

12. An electronic apparatus comprising the biological information detecting device according to claim 11 .

13. An electronic apparatus comprising the biological information detecting device according to claim 10 .

14. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein when a distance between a center of the light source and a center of the first light receiving sensor is L 1 and a distance between the center light source and a center of the second light receiving sensor is L 2 , L 2 >L 1 is satisfied.

15. The biological information detecting device according to claim 14 , wherein
the distance L 1 between the center of the light source and the center of the first light receiving sensor satisfies 1 mm≤L 1 ≤3 mm, and
the distance L 2 between the center of the light source and the center of the second light receiving sensor satisfies 2 mm≤L 2 .

16. An electronic apparatus comprising the biological information detecting device according to claim 14 .

17. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising: wherein the light source is disposed on the substrate between the first light receiving sensor and the second light receiving sensor.

18. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a contact portion which is provided around the light-transmissive layer and comes into contact with the subject at the time of measuring the biological information of the subject,
wherein a third height at a position or in a region corresponding to the contact portion is greater than the first height and is less than the second height.

19. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive layer has a curved surface-like convex portion.

20. An electronic apparatus comprising the biological information detecting device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Narusawa Atsushi
• GU Yu

Classifications

• A61B5/681

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• A61B5/02427

  Details of sensor · CPC title

• A61B5/6843

  Monitoring or controlling sensor contact pressure · CPC title

• A61B2562/0242

  for varying or adjusting the optical path length in the tissue · CPC title

• A61B5/02416

  using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation (A61B5/14552 takes precedence) · CPC title