Electronic device, signal processing method thereof, biological signal measurement system, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11363989-B2
Application number	US-201616060795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2016
Priority date	Dec 8, 2015
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

Provided are an electronic device, a signal processing method thereof, a biological signal measurement system, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium. The electronic device, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises: a sensor for measuring a biological signal of a user; and a processor for determining the periodicity of the measured biological signal, and selectively compressing the measured biological signal according to the determined periodicity.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A biological signal measuring device comprising:
a sensor configured to measure a biological signal of a user, the biological signal comprising at least one of an electrocardiogram, an electroencephalography, an electromyography, an electrooculography, and a photoplethsmography; and
a processor configured to:
determine a periodicity of the measured biological signal based on whether a fluctuation of intervals between a plurality of peaks in the measured biological signal is within a predetermined range; and
selectively compress the measured biological signal according to the determined periodicity by compressing the measured biological signal if the measured biological signal is a periodic signal and not compressing the measured biological signal if the measured biological signal is an aperiodic signal,

wherein the processor is further configured to adjust the predetermined range by monitoring a compression efficiency corresponding to the compressed biological signal, and
wherein the processor is further configured to generate a differential signal by using an average value of the measured biological signal and compress the measured biological signal by using the generated differential signal and a number of bits for representing the generated differential signal.

2. The biological signal measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a motion sensor comprising at least one of an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, or a geomagnetic sensor, the motion sensor being configured to sense a degree of motion of the user,
wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the sensed degree of motion being less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value and the measured biological signal being the periodic signal, compress the measured biological signal.

3. The biological signal measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect the plurality of peaks from the measured biological signal and determine the periodicity of the biological signal based on the intervals between the detected plurality of peaks.

4. The biological signal measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein based on a predetermined number of biological signals are measured, the processor is further configured to determine a periodicity of the measured predetermined number of biological signals.

5. The biological signal measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to stop compressing the measured biological signal when the compression efficiency is less than or equal to a predetermined level.

6. The biological signal measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a communicator configured to communicate with an external device,
wherein the processor is further configured to control the communicator to transmit the compressed biological signal.

7. The biological signal measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a storage configured to store the compressed biological signal.

8. The biological signal measuring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to measure a plurality of kinds of biological signals of the user, and
wherein the processor is further configured to compress the measured plurality of kinds of biological signals together.

9. A biological signal measuring device comprising:
a sensor configured to measure a biological signal of a user, the biological signal comprising at least one of an electrocardiogram, an electroencephalography, an electromyography, an electrooculography, and a photoplethsmography;
a motion sensor configured to sense a degree of motion of the user; and
a processor configured to:
determine whether the measured biological signal is a periodic signal based on whether a fluctuation of intervals between a plurality of peaks in the measured biological signal is within a predetermined range;
based on the sensed degree of motion being less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value and the measured biological signal being the periodic signal, compress the measured biological signal; and
adjust the predetermined range by monitoring a compression efficiency corresponding to the compressed biological signal,
wherein the processor is further configured to generate a differential signal by using an average value of the measured biological signal and compress the measured biological signal by using the generated differential signal and a number of bits for representing the generated differential signal, and
wherein the motion sensor comprises an acceleration sensor and is further configured to determine a state of the user as one of a sleep state, a rest state, a walking state, and a running state based on a value measured by the acceleration sensor.

10. A signal processing method of a biological signal measuring device, comprising:
measuring a biological signal of a user;
determining a periodicity of the measured biological signal based on whether a fluctuation of intervals between a plurality of peaks in the measured biological signal is within a predetermined range;
selectively compressing the measured biological signal according to the determined periodicity by compressing the measured biological signal if the measured biological signal is a periodic signal and not compressing the measured biological signal if the measured biological signal is an aperiodic signal; and
adjusting the predetermined range by monitoring a compression efficiency corresponding to the compressed biological signal,
wherein the biological signal is at least one of an electrocardiogram, an electroencephalography, an electromyography, an electrooculography, and a photoplethsmography,
wherein the compressing the measured biological signal comprises generating a differential signal by using an average value of the measured biological signal and compressing the measured biological signal by using the generated differential signal and a number of bits for representing the generated differential signal.

11. The signal processing method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising: sensing a degree of motion of the user,
wherein the compressing further comprises, based on the sensed degree of motion being less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value and the measured biological signal being the periodic signal, compressing the measured biological signal.

12. The signal processing method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the determining of the periodicity comprises:
detecting the plurality of peaks from the measured biological signal; and
determining the periodicity of the biological signal based on the intervals between the detected plurality of peaks.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Hyung-Soon
• Won Kwang-Hyun
• Lee Min-Hyoung
• Kim Do-Yoon
• Kim Chan-Yul
• Lee Jea-Hyuck
• Cho Jae-Geol

Classifications

• A61B5/1455

  using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters · CPC title

• A61B5/332

  Portable devices specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• A61B5/0002

  Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network (endoradiosondes A61B5/07) · CPC title

• A61B5/7285

  for synchronizing or triggering a physiological measurement or image acquisition with a physiological event or waveform, e.g. an ECG signal · CPC title

• A61B2562/0219

  Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches · CPC title