Apparatus and method for measuring bio signals

• US 20060100533A1
• Filed: 11/07/2005
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yeo, Hyung-sok, Han, Wan-taek, Hwang, Jin-sang, Choi, Ji-hyun, Lee, Jeong-whan
• Application Number:
  US11/267,291
• Publication Number:
  US 20060100533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/389 Electromyography [EMG]

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for measuring bio signals are provided. The apparatus includes a body, a plurality of electrodes, and a controller. The body is filled with predetermined packing material. The electrodes are positioned at an outermost portion of the body and touch the skin of a subject to measure bio signals from the subject. The controller is positioned inside of the body and connected with the electrodes to analyze the bio signals measured from the electrodes and output bio information of the subject.

Claims

1. An apparatus for detecting bio signals, comprising:

a body filled with a predetermined packing material;

a plurality of electrodes positioned at an outermost portion of the body and configured to contact a subject'"'"'s skin so as to measure bio signals from the subject; and

a controller positioned in an interior of the body and electrically coupled to the electrodes, that analyzes the bio signals measured by the electrodes to output bio information of the subject.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body is flexible so as to be attached to an arbitrary portion on a body of the subject.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the packing material is one of liquid silicon, a sponge, and air.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises:

a MUX (multiplexer) that selects two signals among the bio signals outputted from the plurality of electrodes;

a signal processor that differentially-amplifies the selected two signals into a differentially-amplified signal and converts the differentially-amplified signal into a digital signal;

a bio information generator that generates the bio information from the digital signal; and

a power source that supplies power to the MUX, the signal processor, and the bio information generator.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mobile terminal that receives the bio information from the controller and informs the subject of the bio information.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the mobile terminal outputs a bio signal measurement request signal to the controller and the controller measures the bio signal using the electrodes according to the bio signal measurement request signal.

4. The apparatus of clam 1, wherein the electrodes are electrically coupled to the controller through a conductive wire made of a flexible material.

8. A method for detecting bio signals, comprising:

attaching a body having a plurality of electrodes and filled with a predetermined packing material to a subject;

measuring the bio signals using the plurality of electrodes and selecting two bio signals among the bio signals; and

analyzing the two bio signals to generate bio information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the packing material comprises one of liquid silicon, a sponge, and air, so that the body is flexible.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the two bio signals are two arbitrary bio signals having potential difference among the bio signals.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

outputting the bio information to a mobile terminal; and

displaying, at the mobile terminal, the bio information.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the mobile terminal outputting an alarm if the bio information gets out of a predetermined threshold range.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising if the bio information gets out of a maximum permissible threshold range, connecting the mobile terminal with a number or an address stored in the mobile terminal to transmit an emergency signal.