Biological feature detection apparatus and electronic terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11013465-B2
Application number	US-201816141925-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2018
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

A biological feature detection apparatus and an electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The light emitting unit is configured to emit light to a detection surface of a biological tissue, the light emitted by the light emitting unit is processed by the biological tissue and then transmitted to the light receiving unit, and the light receiving unit is configured to receive the light and perform a photoelectric conversion to generate an original electrical signal for biological feature detection; the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are attached to the detection surface of the biological tissue. As such, the signal-to-noise ratio of the original electrical signal is improved and accuracy of biological feature detection is enhanced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A biological feature detection apparatus, comprising a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit; wherein the light emitting unit is configured to emit light to a detection surface of a biological tissue, the light emitted by the light emitting unit is reflected by the biological tissue and then transmitted to the light receiving unit, and the light receiving unit is configured to receive the light and perform a photoelectric conversion to generate an original electrical signal for biological feature detection; the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are configured to be fitted the detection surface of the biological tissue to improve a signal-to-noise ratio of the original electrical signal; the biological tissue is an ear, and during biological feature detection, at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to a tragus inner-side region; or at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to a region between an inferior crus of antihelix and a crus of helix; or at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to a region between an antihelix and a crus of helix; or at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to a cimba concha region; or at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to an earlobe region; or at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is located in a concha cavity; or at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is located in a region enclosed by the crus of helix, an ear canal entrance and the antihelix close to an antitragus,
wherein the biological feature detection apparatus further comprises a first rigid substrate, a second rigid substrate, and a flexible member; the light emitting unit is arranged on the first rigid substrate, the light receiving unit is arranged on the second rigid substrate, the first rigid substrate and the second rigid substrate are connected via the flexible member, at least one of a relative position and a relative angle between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit is adjustable via the flexible member, and the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are integrated at a shell of the biological feature detection apparatus.

2. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
when the light receiving unit is configured to be fitted to the tragus inner-side region, the light emitting unit is located in an underneath connection region between an intertragic notch and an outer ear canal entrance; or
when the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to the tragus inner-side region, the light receiving unit is located in an underneath connection region between an intertragic notch and an outer ear canal entrance.

3. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a wearing assistance mechanism; wherein the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit are arranged on the wearing assistance mechanism, such that at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to the region between the inferior crus of antihelix and the crus of helix or such that at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to the region between the antihelix and the crus of helix.

4. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a wearing assistance mechanism; wherein the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit are arranged on the wearing assistance mechanism, such that at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to the region between the inferior crus of antihelix and the crus of helix or such that at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is configured to be fitted to the region between the antihelix and the crus of helix.

5. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an optical shielding unit, configured to shield or absorb the light emitted by the light emitting unit to prevent the light emitted by the light emitting light from being directly transmitted to the light receiving unit without being reflected by the biological tissue; and/or
a light guiding unit, configured to guide the light emitted by the light emitting unit to the detection surface of the biological tissue, and/or configured to guide the light being reflected by the biological tissue to the light receiving unit.

6. The detection apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the optical shielding unit and the light guiding unit are integrally arranged, or the optical shielding unit and the light guiding unit are separately arranged.

7. The detection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a surface of the light guiding unit and/or the optical shielding unit is shaped to match the detection surface of the biological tissue.

8. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to perform an analog-to-digital conversion for the original electrical signal to form a digital signal and filters the digital signal; and/or
a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the light emitting unit to emit light to the biological tissue and control the light receiving unit to receive the light.

9. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a processor; wherein the processor is configured to perform biological feature detection based on the original electrical signal.

10. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the relative position is a linear distance between a geometric center of the light emitting unit and a geometric center of the light receiving unit, and the relative angle is a normal angle between an outer surface of the light emitting unit and an outer surface of the light receiving unit.

11. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a normal of the light receiving unit facing towards an outer surface of the detection surface is parallel to a normal of a detection surface of the light receiving unit; or a normal of the light emitting unit facing towards an outer surface of the detection surface is parallel to a normal of the detection surface.

12. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the biological feature is a heart rate feature and a blood oxygen feature based on a photoplethysmogram signal.

13. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: an elastic unit; wherein, during biological feature detection, the elastic unit is configured to enable the light emitting and/or the light receiving unit to be closely fitted to the detection surface of the biological tissue.

14. An electronic terminal, comprising a biological feature detection apparatus, wherein the biological feature detection apparatus comprises a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit; wherein the light emitting unit is configured to emit light to a detection surface of a biological tissue, the light emitted by the light emitting unit is reflected by the biological tissue and then transmitted to the light receiving unit, and the light receiving unit is configured to receive the light and perform a photoelectric conversion to generate an original electrical signal for biological feature detection; the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are configured to fit the detection surface of the biological

Assignees

• Shenzhen Goodix Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Wangwang
• Liu Zhiyao
• Liu Chang

Classifications

• G06V40/10

  Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands · CPC title

• G06V40/15

  Biometric patterns based on physiological signals, e.g. heartbeat, blood flow · CPC title

• G06V40/14

  Vascular patterns · CPC title

• A61B5/6817

  Ear canal · CPC title

• H04R1/1016

  Earpieces of the intra-aural type · CPC title