Electronic device and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11144124-B2
Application number	US-201716461178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2017
Priority date	Nov 16, 2016
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a biological signal input unit for receiving the input of a biological signal detected through an electrode; and a processor which determines, based on a usage context of the electronic device, a biological signal to be inputted, sets up, according to the determined biological signal, the state of a channel corresponding to the electrode, and determines a biological change by using the biological signal inputted according to the set channel state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a biological signal inputter comprising a plurality of electrodes; and
a processor configured to:
determine a first biological signal among a plurality of biological signals based on a context of the electronic device,
based on the first biological signal being determined, identify a channel corresponding to a first electrode as a channel to receive the first biological signal, and activate the channel corresponding to the first electrode for receiving the first biological signal from among the plurality of electrodes,
based on the first biological signal being determined, deactivate a channel corresponding to a second electrode for receiving a second biological signal of a type different than the first biological signal from among the plurality of electrodes, and
determine a biological change using the biological signal received through the activated channel,

wherein the first electrode is used to sense an electrooculogram (EOG) signal, and the second electrode is used to sense an electromyogram (EMG) signal.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the biological change through a channel corresponding to at least one electrode corresponding to a specific body part according to the context of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
when the first biological signal is determined, select a channel corresponding to the first electrode as a channel to receive the biological signal, and based on a characteristic of the first biological signal, set a state of the channel corresponding to the first electrode, and
when the second biological signal is determined, select a channel corresponding to the second electrode as the channel to receive the biological signal and based on a characteristic of the second biological signal, set a state of the channel corresponding to the second electrode.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the first electrode is used to sense the electrooculogram (EOG) signal at a left side, a right side and an upper side of user's eyes, and
wherein the second electrode is used to sense the electromyogram (EMG) signal at a lower side of the user's eyes.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of electrodes comprise a common electrode used for receiving any one of a plurality of biological signals determined based on the context of the electronic device, and
wherein the processor is further configured to select a channel corresponding to the common electrode as a channel to receive the first biological signal, and set a state of the channel corresponding to the common electrode based on a characteristic of the first biological signal.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the common electrode is used for receiving any one biological signal of the electrooculogram (EOG) signal and the electromyogram (EMG) signal at a lower side of user's eyes.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the biological signal comprises at least one of the electromyogram (EMG) signal, the electrooculogram (EOG) signal, an electroencephalogram (EEG) signal, an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, a Galvanic skin response (GSR) signal, and a bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) signal.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to set at least one of a sampling rate, an analog-digital converter (ADC) resolution, and a cutoff frequency of the channel corresponding to the first electrode for receiving the first biological signal based on a characteristic of the first biological signal.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
an outputter,
wherein the processor is further configured to control the outputter to output a result according to the determined biological change.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9 ,
wherein the outputter comprises a display, and
wherein the processor is further configured to control a screen of the display according to the determined biological change.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 10 ,
wherein the context of the electronic device comprises a display state of the display, and
wherein the processor is further configured to, when the screen of the display is a screen for requesting user authentication using a mouth shape at a time of an utterance:
determine an EMG signal around a user's mouth as the biological signal to be input, and
determine the biological change through the channel corresponding to the electrode for receiving the EMG signal.

12. A control method of an electronic device, the control method comprising:
determining a first biological signal among a plurality of biological signals to be input based on a context of the electronic device;
based on the first biological signal being determined, identifying a channel corresponding to a first electrode as a channel to receive the first biological signal, ad activating the channel corresponding to the first electrode for receiving the first biological signal from among the plurality of electrodes;
based on the first biological signal being determined, deactivating a channel corresponding to second electrode for receiving a second biological signal of a type different than the first biological signal from among the plurality of electrodes; and
determining a biological change using the biological signal received through the activated channel,
wherein the first electrode is used to sense an electrooculogram (EOG) signal, and the second electrode is used to sense an electromyogram (EMG) signal.

13. The control method as claimed in claim 12 ,
wherein the activating comprises:
when the first biological signal is determined, selecting a channel corresponding to the first electrode as a channel to receive the biological signal, and based on a characteristic of the first biological signal, setting a state of the channel corresponding to the first electrode, and
when the second biological signal is determined, selecting a channel corresponding to the second electrode as the channel to receive the biological signal, and based on a characteristic of the second biological signal, setting a state of the channel corresponding to the second electrode.

14. The control method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
measuring a signal quality of the first biological signal; and
outputting a warning associated with the signal quality.

15. The control method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the biological signal is a signal generated by a human body and is bioelectrical signal which is generated by electrochemical actions of excitable cells which are components of nerve, muscle, and glandular tissues.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Hyuk
• Yoo Jae-Bong
• Lim Kyung-Soo
• Hong Duk-Ki

Classifications

• A61B5/7203

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• A61B5/25

  Bioelectric electrodes therefor · CPC title

• A61B5/7445

  Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units · CPC title

• G06V40/174

  Facial expression recognition · CPC title

• G06F3/011

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title