System for camera-based vital sign measurement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9943371-B2
Application number	US-201314401659-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2013
Priority date	Jun 12, 2012
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the measurement of vital signs such as a respiratory rate or a heart rate. In particular, a system ( 1 ) for determining a vital sign of a subject ( 100 ), comprising an imaging unit ( 2 ) for obtaining video data of the subject, a marker ( 10, 20, 60, 61 ) directly or indirectly attached to a body of the subject, wherein the marker comprises a graphical pattern ( 11, 21 ), an image processing unit ( 3 ) for detecting said marker in said video data, and an analysis unit ( 4 ) adapted to extract a vital sign parameter related to the vital sign of the subject from said video data and to determine the vital sign from said vital sign parameter. Further aspects of the disclosure relate to a device and a method for determining a vital sign of a subject and a computer program for carrying out said method.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for determining a vital sign of a subject comprising
at least one camera configured to obtain video data of the subject,
a marker attachable to a body of the subject, wherein the marker comprises a machine readable graphical pattern, and wherein the graphical pattern comprises encoded data including information about the subject,
at least one processor programmed to:
detect said marker in said video data;
determine said encoded data from said graphical pattern, and
extract in dependence of the encoded data a vital sign parameter of the subject from said video data;
determine a vital sign of the subject from said vital sign parameter; and
output the vital sign.

2. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of:
said vital sign parameter is a respiratory movement of the subject and wherein said vital sign is a respiratory rate of the subject; and
said vital sign parameter is a temporal variation of a skin color of the subject and wherein said vital sign is a heart rate of the subject and/or a concentration of a substance in blood and/or tissue.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the marker further comprises:
an orientation indicator separate from the graphical pattern for indicating the orientation of the marker.

4. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the marker is arranged on a fabric that is adapted to contact the subject or a medical item that is adapted to contact the subject.

5. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further programmed to:
extract the information about the subject from the graphical pattern of the marker;
associate the extracted information about the subject with the extracted vital sign parameter; and
at least one of:
display the extracted information and the extracted vital sign parameter; and
store the extracted information and the extracted vital sign parameter.

6. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is calibrated using a location and/or orientation of the marker.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is programmed to determine a measurement quality metric.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one camera includes:
a first camera configured to obtain first video data of the subject;
a second camera for obtaining second video data of the subject, and
wherein the at least one processor is programmed to detect said marker in said first and second video data.

9. The system according to claim 8 ,
wherein the first camera comprises a filter for selectively transmitting light at a first wavelength, and
wherein the second camera comprises a second filter for selectively transmitting light at a second wavelength.

10. A device for determining a vital sign of a subject comprising
at least one camera configured to obtain video data of the subject,
at least one processor programmed to:
detect a marker in said video data, wherein said marker is attachable to a body of the subject, wherein the marker comprises a machine readable graphical pattern, and wherein the graphical pattern comprises encoded data including information about the subject, and
determine said encoded data from said graphical pattern, and
extract in dependence of the encoded data a vital sign parameter related to the vital sign of the subject from said video data;
determine a vital sign of the subject from said vital sign parameter; and
output the vital sign.

11. A method for determining a vital sign of a subject, comprising:
attaching a marker to a body of the subject, wherein the marker comprises a machine readable graphical pattern and wherein the graphical pattern comprises encoded data including information about the subject,
with at least one camera, obtaining video data of the subject,
with at least one processor, detecting said marker in said video data and determining said encoded data from said graphical pattern,
with the at least one processor, extracting in dependence of the encoded data a vital sign parameter of the subject from said video data,
with the at least one processor, determining a vital sign of the subject from said vital sign parameter; and
with the at least one processor, outputting the vital sign.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for causing a computer to carry out the method as claimed in claim 11 when said computer program is carried out on the computer.

13. The method according to claim 11 , further including:
with a first camera, obtaining first video data of the subject;
with a second camera, obtaining second video data of the subject, and
with the at least one processor, detecting said marker in said first and second video data.

14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein said vital sign parameter is at least one of:
a respiratory movement of the subject and wherein said vital sign is a respiratory rate of the subject; and
a temporal variation of a skin color of the subject and wherein said vital sign is a heart rate of the subject and/or a concentration of a substance in blood and/or tissue.

15. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the marker further comprises an orientation indicator separate from the graphical pattern for indicating the orientation of the marker.

16. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is calibrated using a location and/or orientation of the marker.

17. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one camera includes:
a first camera configured to obtain first video data of the subject;
a second camera for obtaining second video data of the subject, and
wherein the at least one processor is programmed to detect said marker in said first and second video data.

18. The system according to claim 17 ,
wherein the first camera comprises a filter for selectively transmitting light at a first wavelength, and
wherein the second camera comprises a second filter for selectively transmitting light at a second wavelength.

19. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the encoded data includes a plurality of structural elements configured for a machine-readable determination of the at least one of the orientation and location of the graphical pattern of the marker.

20. The system according to claim 19 , wherein the at least one processor is further programmed to:
determine at least one of a location and orientation of the plurality of structural elements of the graphical pattern of the marker; and
determine a vital sign parameter related to the vital sign of the subject from the determined at least one of a location and orientation of the plurality of structural elements of the graphical pattern of the marker.

Assignees

• Koninklijke Philips Nv

Inventors

• Bresch Erik
• Muehlsteff Jens
• Tigges Timo
• Dubielczyk Alexander
• Shan Caifeng

Classifications

• A61B5/1127

  using markers · CPC title

• A61B5/113

  occurring during breathing · CPC title

• A61B5/02427

  Details of sensor · CPC title

• A61B90/39 Primary

  Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers · CPC title

• A61B5/02416

  using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation (A61B5/14552 takes precedence) · CPC title