Biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having simplified signal slot

• US 10,206,626 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chuen Wei Lu
• Original Assignee: Chuen Wei Lu
• Inventors: Lu, Chuen Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Auve, Glenn A.
• Application Number:
  US14/802,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20160030125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,313 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/72 Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes character recognition, recognising digital ink, document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00; recognition or understanding of postal images G06V30/424
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/20 for access to input/output bus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4063 Device-to-bus coupling

Abstract

A biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot as provided is configurable for receiving signals from a biosignal detection apparatus and a biosignal detection correction unit and for performing signal transfer and analysis operations. The measurement and transmission apparatus includes: a housing including a single detection slot, which is used for receiving signals from the biosignal detection apparatus and the biosignal detection correction unit, wherein a connector of the biosignal detection apparatus and a connector of the biosignal detection correction unit share the detection slot; a detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit, connected to a wire of the detection slot, used for receiving a signal from the detection slot, and is configurable for identifying the type of an inserted apparatus, wherein the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit identifies the type of an apparatus by making a judgment according to a signal input pin of the inserted apparatus; or an apparatus code is appended to an output signal of the inserted apparatus, so that the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit can determine, according to the apparatus code, what kind of physiological detection device the inserted apparatus belongs to, or determine a control group unit thereof. When the wireless signal transmission unit is of an external type, the wireless signal transmission unit also uses the detection slot, and the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit uses the same logic to determine various inserted apparatuses.

Claims

1. A biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot, configurable for receiving signals from a biosignal detection apparatus and a biosignal detection correction unit, and performing signal transfer and analysis operations, wherein the biosignal detection apparatus and the biosignal detection correction unit share one detection slot, the measurement and transmission apparatus comprising:

an electronic device, comprising;

a housing comprising a single detection slot, the detection slot being used for receiving signals from the biosignal detection apparatus and the biosignal detection correction unit and transferring the received signals to a next-stage apparatus via a wire, wherein a connector of the biosignal detection apparatus and a connector of the biosignal detection correction unit share the detection slot;

the detection slot comprises multiple pins adapted to connect to inserted pins of the biosignal detection apparatus and the biosignal detection correction unit for signal transfer;

wherein the electronic device further comprises;

a detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit, connected to the wire of the detection slot, used for receiving a signal from the detection slot, and capable of identifying a type of an inserted apparatus;

a processor, connected to the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit and used for receiving a signal from the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit and performing relevant computation and processing, wherein a logic unit corresponding to the inserted apparatus is mounted in the processor, and the logic unit performs different logic operations depending on types of input signals from different inserted apparatuses; and

a storage unit for storing relevant data, the storage unit having memory blocks that correspond to different inserted apparatuses, so as to separately store measurement information of the different inserted apparatuses, for subsequent display, management and use.

2. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 1, wherein the biosignal detection apparatus is used for detecting at least one biosignal of a user, the biosignal detection apparatus comprises a connector for transmitting a signal, and the connector comprises multiple pins for signal transfer;

the biosignal detection correction unit provides data of a reference group to the storage unit to assist in detection of the biosignal, and the biosignal detection correction unit has a connector that comprises multiple pins for signal transfer.

3. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 1, wherein the biosignal is one of heartbeat, blood pressure, blood glucose, body fat, and body temperature.

4. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 1, wherein the biosignal detection apparatus and the biosignal detection correction unit have different signal pins, and different biosignal detection apparatuses have different pins for signal transfer;

wherein the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit identifies an inserted apparatus by making a determination according to pins from which the signal is input, automatically interpreting differences between pins of different apparatuses, and determining transmission input pins of the signal, wherein a mapping table between pins and inserted apparatuses is stored in the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit, and the mapping table defines a correspondence between a signal output pin of each apparatus inserted into the detection slot and the apparatus, so that the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit searches, according to a signal pin of an inserted apparatus, for the corresponding apparatus in the table, determines a type of the signal from the inserted apparatus, and transmits the signal to a next-stage apparatus for subsequent processing.

5. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 4, wherein output signals of the biosignal detection apparatus and the biosignal detection correction unit comprises different apparatus codes, and apparatus codes transferred in signals of different biosignal detection apparatuses are also different;

wherein the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit identifies an inserted apparatus by making a determination according to the apparatus code, determining differences between apparatuses according to different apparatus codes, and determining the position from which the signal is transmitted, wherein an apparatus code identification table is stored in the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit, and the mapping table defines a correspondence between an apparatus code in an output signal of each apparatus inserted into the detection slot and the apparatus, so that the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit searches, according to the apparatus code of an inserted apparatus, for the corresponding apparatus in the table, and thus can determine the type of the signal of the inserted apparatus according to the correspondence between identification codes and inserted apparatuses, and transfers the signal to a next-stage apparatus for subsequent processing.

6. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display disposed in the electronic device, connected to the storage unit, and used for displaying relevant measurement information.

7. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless transmission interface, connecting with the processor and the storage unit, and used for modulating a signal from the processor into a wireless signal for transfer, or used for demodulating a wireless signal into a baseband signal for signal processing by the processor; and

a wireless signal transmission unit, connected to the wireless transmission interface, the wireless signal transmission unit being mounted in the electronic device to receive a biosignal detection result and transmit the detection result according to a wireless communications protocol.

8. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 7, wherein the wireless signal transmission unit is a Bluetooth transmission unit.

9. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless transmission interface, connecting with the processor and the storage unit, and used for modulating a signal from the processor into a wireless signal for transfer, or used for demodulating a wireless signal into a baseband signal for signal processing by the processor; and

a wireless signal transmission unit, being an external electronic apparatus, wherein the wireless signal transmission unit has a transmission connector, the transmission connector can be inserted into the detection slot to perform signal transfer, the detection slot inserted apparatus determining unit connected to the detection slot performs recognition and makes a determination on a signal and transfers the signal to a subsequent element for relevant processing, and then a biosignal detection result is transferred via the wireless transmission interface according to a wireless communications protocol.

10. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 9, wherein the wireless signal transmission unit has signal pins different from those of other apparatuses, the electronic device makes a determination according to pins from which a signal is input, and when the wireless signal transmission unit is inserted, it can be determined, according to a mapping table between the signal pins of the wireless signal transmission unit and inserted apparatuses, that the inserted apparatus is the wireless signal transmission unit.

11. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 9, wherein a different apparatus code is appended to an output signal of the wireless signal transmission unit, and when the signal is transferred, the apparatus code of the inserted apparatus is also transferred along with the signal, so that the electronic device can determine, according to an apparatus code identification table, that the inserted apparatus is the wireless signal transmission unit.

12. The biosignal measurement and transmission apparatus having a simplified signal slot according to claim 9, wherein the wireless signal transmission unit is a Bluetooth transmission unit.