CONTACT SENSOR

• US 20090134887A1
• Filed: 04/11/2008
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chung-Yuan Christian University
• Original Assignee: Chung-Yuan Christian University
• Inventors: Chen, Hsin-Chang, Tsai, Pai-Yuan, Shyu, Liang-Yu, Hu, Wei-Chih
• Application Number:
  US12/101,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20090134887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/692
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/291 for electroencephalography [EEG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6814 Head

Abstract

A contact sensor is disclosed. The contact sensor includes a main body and at least one conductor. At least one end of the conductor is disposed on the main body and a contact surface is on one side of the conductor for contact the body surface. The surface of the conductor is in the shape of arc. By the contact surface of the conductor, the contact sensor contacts the human body easily without tangling hair. Moreover, there is not need for the present invention to apply any conductive gel on the body surface so that the measurement of physiological signals is easily and conveniently.

Claims

1. A contact sensor comprising:

a main body; and

at least one conductor in the shape of arc and with two ends thereof coupled to the main body.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact sensor further comprising:

a processing circuit coupled to the conductor.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the processing circuit comprising:

an amplifier circuit coupled to the conductor; and

a filter circuit coupled to the amplifier circuit.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the amplifier circuit is an instrumentation amplifier circuit.

5. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the filter circuit is a band pass filter circuit.

6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the band pass filter circuit comprising:

a high pass filter circuit coupled to the amplifier circuit; and

a low pass filter circuit coupled to the high pass filter circuit.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductor is made from silver, silver chloride or combinations of them.

8. A contact sensor comprising:

a main body; and

at least one conductor with a contact surface on one side thereof and one end of the conductor is coupled to the main body.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the contact is a curved surface.

10. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the contact sensor further comprising:

a processing circuit coupled to the conductor.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the processing circuit comprising:

an amplifier circuit coupled to the conductor; and

a filter circuit coupled to the amplifier circuit.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the amplifier circuit is an instrumentation amplifier circuit.

13. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the filter circuit is a band pass filter circuit.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the band pass filter circuit comprising:

a high pass filter circuit coupled to the amplifier circuit; and

a low pass filter circuit coupled to the high pass filter circuit.

15. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the conductor is made from silver, silver chloride or combinations of them.