Method and device for measuring biosignal by using electrode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12089962-B2
Application number	US-201917420807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2019
Priority date	Jan 11, 2019
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are a method and a device comprising: a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode which make contact with the body of a user; an instrumentation amplifier for differentially amplifying signals received from the first electrode and the second electrode; a feedback amplifier for feeding back feedback noise to the body of the user through the third electrode; and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to analyze a noise level by using a biosignal obtained from the instrumentation amplifier, and control the gain of the feedback amplifier on the basis of the result of the analysis. Various embodiments are possible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a plurality of electrodes including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode;
an instrumentation amplifier configured to differentially amplify signals received from the first electrode and the second electrode;
a feedback amplifier configured to provide feedback noise to a body part of a user via the third electrode; and
a control circuit,
wherein the control circuit is configured to:
analyze a magnitude of a noise using a biometric signal obtained from the instrumentation amplifier by increasing the gain of the feedback amplifier,
control a gain of the feedback amplifier based on a result of the analysis,
suspend, if the magnitude of the noise included in the biometric signal increases, increasing the gain of the feedback amplifier, and
set the gain of the feedback amplifier to a feedback gain used before the magnitude of the noise increases.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising: a multiplexer disposed between the first and second electrodes and the instrumentation amplifier, the multiplexer configured to transfer outputs of the first electrode and the second electrode to the instrumentation amplifier.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the multiplexer is configured to transfer all signals input from the first electrode and the second electrode to the instrumentation amplifier, or to transfer a portion of signals input from the first electrode and the second electrode to the instrumentation amplifier.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the control circuit is configured to analyze a magnitude of a noise using at least two input signals output from the multiplexer, and to adjust a number of electrode nodes or locations of electrode nodes included in the first electrode and the second electrode based on a result of the analysis.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein, when a difference between noise signals included in the two input signals exceeds a reference value, the control circuit is configured to adjust an area of the first electrode and an area of the second electrode by controlling an output of the multiplexer.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the control circuit is configured to control an output of the multiplexer based on a magnitude of a noise in a biometric signal obtained after the gain of the feedback amplifier is set.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein, when the magnitude of the noise in the biometric signal exceeds a predetermined noise threshold value, the control circuit is configured to control the output of the multiplexer.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is disposed in a foreside of the electronic device, and the second electrode and the third electrode are disposed in a rear side of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are disposed in a foreside of the electronic device, and
the second electrode is disposed in a rear side of the electronic device.

10. An electronic device comprising:
a plurality of electrodes including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode;
a multiplexer is connected in parallel with the first electrode and the second electrode,
an instrumentation amplifier configured to differentially amplify a signal output from the multiplexer,
a feedback amplifier configured to provide feedback noise to a body part of a user via the third electrode; and
a control circuit,
wherein the control circuit is configured to:
analyze a magnitude of a noise using the signal output from the multiplexer, and
adjust an area of the first electrode and an area of the second electrode based on a result of the analysis.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the control circuit is configured to analyze a magnitude of a noise using at least two input signals output from the multiplexer, and to control an output of the multiplexer based on a result of the analysis.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein, when a difference between noise signals included in the two input signals exceeds a reference value, the control circuit is configured to adjust an area of the first electrode and an area of the second electrode by controlling the output of the multiplexer.

13. An operation method of an electronic device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode, the method comprising:
obtaining, using an instrumentation amplifier, a biometric signal from signals received from the first electrode and the second electrode;
feeding back a feedback noise to a body part of a user via the third electrode using a feedback amplifier;
analyzing a magnitude of a noise using the biometric signal by increasing the gain of the feedback amplifier; and
controlling a gain of the feedback amplifier based on a result of the analysis,
wherein the controlling the gain of the feedback amplifier comprises:
suspending, if the magnitude of the noise included in the biometric signal increases, increasing the gain of the feedback amplifier; and
setting the gain of the feedback amplifier to a feedback gain used before the magnitude of the noise increases.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Suho
• Kim Younghyun

Classifications

• A61B5/24 Primary

  Detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof · CPC title

• H03F1/34

  Negative-feedback-circuit arrangements with or without positive feedback (H03F1/02 - H03F1/30, H03F1/38 - H03F1/50, H03F3/50 take precedence {; for rejection of common mode signals H03F3/45479}) · CPC title

• A61B2560/0468

  Built-in electrodes · CPC title

• A61B5/256

  Wearable electrodes, e.g. having straps or bands · CPC title

• A61B5/279

  specially adapted for particular uses · CPC title