Modular sensor platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10278592-B2
Application number	US-201414286620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2014
Priority date	Dec 9, 2013
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments for reconfiguring a storage system comprise a modular sensor platform, comprising: a base module comprising, a display, a processor, a memory and a communication interface; a band removably coupled to the base module such that the band is replaceable with different types of bands; and a sensor module that collects data from a user, the sensor module in communication with the base module and removably coupled to the band such that the sensor module is replaceable with different types of sensor modules, the sensor module further comprising a plurality of sensor units that are removably coupled to the sensor module such that individual sensor units are replaceable with different types of sensor units.

First claim

We claim:

1. A device for measuring data indicative of a physiological activity of a user and being wearable on a body part of the user, the device comprising:
a band having an interior surface and a receptacle on the interior surface of the band; and
a sensor module, having an interface being removably and interchangeably insertable into the receptacle via the interior surface, and being configurable to be in contact with the body part, wherein the sensor module includes:
a modular sensing circuitry; and
a plurality of light sources disposed on the interior surface adjacent the modular sensing circuitry, the light sources being configured to emit lights onto the body part, the modular sensing circuitry configured to receive data indicative of a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal of the user.

2. A device of claim 1 , wherein the light sources have different spectral wavelengths.

3. A device of claim 2 , wherein the wavelength of one of the light sources is greater than the wavelength of another of the light sources.

4. A device of claim 1 , wherein the light sources have different spectral bandwidths.

5. A device of claim 1 , wherein the light sources are uniformly distributed with respect to the modular sensing circuitry.

6. A device of claim 1 , wherein the light sources are configured to be lit simultaneously.

7. A device of claim 1 , wherein the light sources are configured to be individually addressable.

8. A device of claim 1 , wherein brightness and duration of the light sources are configured to be individually addressable.

9. A device of claim 1 , wherein the light sources include one or more lasers.

10. A device of claim 1 , wherein the modular sensing circuitry further includes a color filter configured to measure a predefined wavelength of a signal.

11. A device of claim 1 , wherein the modular sensing circuitry further includes a plurality of sensors configured to measure data indicative of one or more of the physiological activities.

12. A device of claim 11 , wherein the sensors have different sensor sizes.

13. A device of claim 1 , wherein the modular sensing circuitry is replaceable with a different type of modular sensing circuitry.

14. A device of claim 1 , wherein the modular sensing circuitry comprises any combination of optical sensor array, a thermometer, a galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor array, a bioimpedance (BioZ) sensor array, and an electrocardiography sensor (ECG) sensor.

15. A device of claim 14 , wherein the optical sensor array includes an array of discrete optical sensors, where each discrete optical sensor is a combination of at least one image sensor and at least two matching light sources located adjacent to the image sensor.

16. A device of claim 14 , wherein the optical sensor array is arranged on the band so that the optical sensor array straddles a blood vessel.

17. A device of claim 14 , wherein the bioimpedance (BioZ) sensor array is arranged on the band to straddle a blood vessel.

18. A device of claim 1 , wherein the modular sensing circuitry further includes a sensor and a sensor computing unit coupled to the sensor.

19. A device of claim 18 , wherein the sensor computing unit further comprises an ECG and bioimpedance (BIOZ) analog front end (AFE), a GSR AFE, an optical sensor AFE, a processor, and analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a memory 312 , a three-axis accelerometer, a pressure sensor and a battery.

20. A device of claim 19 , wherein the processor executes a calibration and data acquisition component that performs sensor calibration and data acquisition functions.

21. A device of claim 20 , further comprising a base module, wherein the base module further includes a base computing unit that includes a processor, a memory, a communication interface and a set of sensors including an accelerometer and thermometer.

22. A device of claim 21 , wherein the band is integrated with the base module.

23. A device for measuring data indicative of a physiological activity of a user and being wearable on a body part of the user, the device comprising:
a band having an interior surface and a receptacle on the interior surface of the band; and
a sensor module, having an interface being removably and interchangeably insertable into the receptacle via the interior surface, and being configurable to be in contact with a surface area of the body part, wherein the sensor module includes:
a modular sensing circuitry; and
a plurality of light sources, being subdivided into a plurality of segments, each of the segments having a number of the light sources, the segments having a total surface area matching the surface area, the light sources being disposed on the interior surface adjacent the modular sensing circuitry, the light sources being configured to emit lights onto the body part, the modular sensing circuitry configured to receive data indicative of a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal of the user.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fish Ram
• Schuessler James
• Penders Julien
• Brown Lindsay
• Nuovo Frank Settemo
• Phillips Sheldon George
• Torfs Tom

Classifications

• A61B5/7278

  Artificial waveform generation or derivation, e.g. synthesizing signals from measured signals · CPC title

• A61B5/0402

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B5/1118

  Determining activity level · CPC title

• A61B5/02055 Primary

  Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature · CPC title

• A61B5/681

  Wristwatch-type devices · CPC title