Biobehavioral sensing platform for capturing infant states/health and environmental input via ecg, motion, and audio signals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025221654-A1
Application number	US-202519017115-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 10, 2025
Priority date	Jan 10, 2024
Publication date	Jul 10, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Various systems and methods are provided herein for performing health status detection. In one embodiment, ECG data, acceleration data, and audio data is received via a sensor unit. One or more parameters are extracted from the ECG data. An activity associated with the acceleration data is determined. At least one of an emotional state, a behavioral state, or an infant-caregiving interaction associated with the audio data is detected. One or more physiological and behavioral indicators are determined based on the one or more parameters, the activity, and the emotion state, behavioral state, or the infant-caregiver interaction. A health status corresponding to the physiological and behavioral indicators is outputted.

First claim

1 . A wearable sensor device, comprising:
a housing sized to fit within a chest pock of a subject's garment, the housing being free of affixing features; an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor comprising internal circuitry within the housing and a set of electrodes to directly contact the subject's chest when the housing is disposed in the subject's garment and to conduct electrical signals to the internal circuitry; a motion sensor disposed within the housing; an audio sensor disposed as least partially within the housing; a wireless communication transmitter; a processor in communication with the ECG sensor, the motion sensor, and the audio sensor; and a memory in communication with the processor and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive, via the ECG sensor, the motion sensor, and the audio sensor, ECG data, acceleration data, and audio data; and
transmit the ECG data, acceleration data, and audio data via the wireless communication transmitter.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the affixing features comprise at least one of a fastener, a cord, a strap, a wire, or a buckle.

3 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
digitizing circuitry, the digitizing circuitry comprising a real-time clock and synchronization circuitry; wherein digitizing circuitry synchronizes the ECG data, acceleration data, and the audio data based on a frequency of the real-time clock.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the audio sensor is configured to capture environmental sounds.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:
pre-process the ECG data by filtering missing interbeat interval values.

6 . A system for analyzing and monitoring biobehavioral development of a child or infant, the system comprising:
a wearable device comprising:
a plurality of child biobehavioral development sensors;
a wireless communication transmitter;
a power source configured to provide power to the wearable device for a period of time; and
a processor configured to read data from the plurality of child biobehavioral development sensors and transmit the data via the wireless communication transmitter; and
a data analysis system remote from the wearable device, the data analysis system comprising a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the data analysis system to:
receive, via the wireless communication transmitter, data obtained from the plurality of child biobehavioral development sensors;
determine an activity associated with the data;
determine one or more physiological and behavioral indicators based on the data and the activity; and
output a health status corresponding to the physiological and behavioral indicators.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the health status is outputted to a remote device via the wireless communication transmitter.

8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the data analysis system to:
detect an emotional state or a behavioral state associated with the one or more physiological and behavioral indicators.

9 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of child biobehavioral development sensors comprises at least one of an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors, a motion sensor, or an audio sensor.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the data analysis system to:
extract, from the data, at least one of a plurality of R-R peaks, an interbeat interval, or a heart period.

11 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the activity is selected from a group comprising: deep sleep, REM sleep, drowsy state, quiet alert state, active alert state, and crying.

12 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the data analysis system to apply a random forest classifier to the data to determine the activity.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the data analysis system to:
compare the data and the emotional state or the behavioral state to a plurality of corresponding clinical threshold values.

14 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the data analysis system to:
determine if an intervention is needed based on the health status; and communicate an alert.

15 . A method for analyzing and long-term monitoring of child biobehavioral development, the method comprising:
receiving, via a sensing unit, ECG data, acceleration data, and audio data; extracting one or more parameters from the ECG data, the one or more parameters including a stress level; determining an activity associated with the acceleration data; detecting at least one of: an emotional state, a behavioral state, or an infant-caregiver interaction associated with the audio data; determining one or more physiological and behavioral indicators based on the one or more parameters, the activity, and the emotional state, behavioral state, or infant-caregiver interaction; and outputting a health status corresponding to the physiological and behavioral indicators.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
identifying whether the audio data originated from a user wearing the sensing unit.

17 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
detecting, via a location module, a location associated with the received ECG data, acceleration data, and audio data; and determining if the location corresponds to a base location of the sensing unit.

18 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
extracting longitudinal information corresponding to a development of a child wearing the sensing unit.

19 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
collecting via, the sensing unit, the ECG data, acceleration data, and audio data over a period of time, wherein the period of time is one of: at least three hours, at least ten hours, or every day for at least a week.

20 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
labeling a plurality of data groups comprising at least some of the ECG data, acceleration data, and audio data with a corresponding action.

Assignees

• Univ Illinois

Inventors

• Mcelwain Nancy L
• Hasegawa-Johnson Mark A
• Choudhury Romit Roy
• Dhekne Ashutosh
• Islam Bashima

Classifications

• A61B5/7465

  Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network (telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002) · CPC title

• A61B5/746

  Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms · CPC title

• A61B5/165

  Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety · CPC title

• A61B5/7267

  involving training the classification device · CPC title

• A61B5/332

  Portable devices specially adapted therefor · CPC title