Physiology detecting garment and method thereof

• US 10,098,587 B1
• Filed: 12/27/2017
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Kuo, Chien-Chih, Tseng, Tien-Cheng, Chan, Pei-Fen
• Primary Examiner(s): Flores, Leon
• Application Number:
  US15/855,614
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/12 Manufacturing methods specially adapted for producing sensors for in-vivo measurements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7203 for noise prevention, reduction or removal
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/08 at the receiving station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A physiology detecting garment is provided in the invention. The physiology detecting garment includes a garment, a first transmission line, a second transmission line, a first detecting device, a second detecting device, a first textile antenna and a second textile antenna. The first textile antenna is configured in the garment and receives a first sensing signal. The second textile antenna is configured in the garment and receives a second sensing signal. The first detecting device samples the first sensing signal to generate a first time index and the second detecting device samples the second sensing signal to generate a feedback signal. The first detecting device generates a second time index according to the feedback signal, and generates a time parameter according to the first time index and the second time index, and obtains physiological information according to the time parameter.

Claims

1. A physiology detecting garment, comprising:

a garment;

a first transmission line, configured in the garment;

a second transmission line, configured in the garment;

a first detecting device;

a second detecting device, electrically connected to the first detecting device through the first transmission line and the second transmission line;

a first textile antenna, configured in the garment, electrically connected to the first detecting device, and receiving a first sensing signal; and

a second textile antenna, configured in the garment, electrically connected to the second detecting device, and receiving a second sensing signal,

wherein the first detecting device samples the first sensing signal to generate a first time index, and the second detecting device samples the second sensing signal to generate a feedback signal, and

wherein the first detecting device generates a second time index according to the feedback signal generated by the second detecting device, and the first detecting device generates a time parameter according to the first time index and the second time index, and obtains physiological information according to the time parameter.

2. The physiology detecting garment of claim 1, wherein the first transmission line provides a reference signal to the first detecting device and the second detecting device.

3. The physiology detecting garment of claim 1, wherein the second detecting device transmits the feedback signal to the first detecting device through the second transmission line.

4. The physiology detecting garment of claim 1, wherein the first detecting device obtains a physiological parameter according to the time parameter and a distance between the first textile antenna and the second textile antenna, and the first detecting device obtains the physiological information according to the physiological parameter.

5. The physiology detecting garment of claim 1, wherein the first detecting device samples the first sensing signal according to a fixed sampling frequency to generate the first time index, and the second detecting device samples the second sensing signal according to the fixed sampling frequency to generate the feedback signal.

6. The physiology detecting garment of claim 1, further comprising:

a third transmission line, configured in the garment and electrically connected to the first detecting device and the second detecting device, wherein the first detecting device transmit a synchronous signal to the second detecting device.

7. The physiology detecting garment of claim 6, wherein the first detecting device samples the first sensing signal according to the synchronous signal to generate the first time index, and the second detecting device samples the second sensing signal according to the synchronous signal to generate the feedback signal.

8. A physiology detecting method, applied to a physiology detecting garment, comprising:

receiving a first sensing signal through a first textile antenna configured in the physiology detecting garment and receiving a second sensing signal through a second textile antenna configured in the physiology detecting garment, wherein the first textile antenna is electrically connected to a first detecting device and the second textile antenna is electrically connected to a second detecting device;

sampling, by the first detecting device, the first sensing signal to generate a first time index, and sampling, by the second detecting device, the second sensing signal to generate a feedback signal;

generating, by the first detecting device, a second time index according to the feedback signal generated by the second detecting device; and

generating, by the first detecting device, a time parameter according to the first time index and the second time index, and obtaining, by the first detecting device, physiological information according to the time parameter.

9. The physiology detecting method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing a reference signal to the first detecting device and the second detecting device through a first transmission line.

10. The physiology detecting method of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting the feedback signal through the second transmission line.

11. The physiology detecting method of claim 8, further comprising:

obtaining a physiological parameter according to the time parameter and a distance between the first textile antenna and the second textile antenna; and

obtaining the physiological information according to the physiological parameter.

12. The physiology detecting method of claim 8, further comprising:

sampling the first sensing signal according to a fixed sampling frequency to generate the first time index; and

sampling the second sensing signal according to the fixed sampling frequency to generate the feedback signal.

13. The physiology detecting method of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting a synchronous signal through a third transmission line.

14. The physiology detecting method of claim 13, further comprising:

sampling the first sensing signal according to the synchronous signal to generate the first time index; and

sampling the second sensing signal according to the synchronous signal to generate the feedback signal.