APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PLURALITY OF BIOLOGIC SIGNALS

• US 20100113898A1
• Filed: 10/30/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bae, Sang-kon, Kim, Dong-wook, Jang, Woo-young, Shin, Kun-soo, Yeo, Hyung-sok, Song, Jong-keun, Kim, Youn-ho, Kim, Ji-hoon
• Granted Patent: US 8,798,698 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/310
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0261 using optical means, e.g. infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0531 Measuring skin impedance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/30 Input circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]

Abstract

An apparatus for integrally processing a plurality of biologic signals includes a first signal processing module and a second signal processing module. The first processing module generates a signal for operating a sensing module, which includes a plurality of sensor groups which measures the plurality of biologic signals, and which processes a biologic signal provided from the plurality of sensor groups based on a control signal. The second signal processing module authenticates a sensor group from among the plurality of sensor groups, generates the control signal according to a result of the authentication while automatically setting a processing condition, processes the biologic signal provided from the first signal processing module according to the processing condition and outputs a result of processing the biologic signal.

Claims

1. An apparatus for integrally processing a plurality of biologic signals, the apparatus comprising:

a first signal processing module which generates a signal for operating a sensing module including a plurality of sensor groups which measures the plurality of biologic signals, and which processes a biologic signal provided from the plurality of sensor groups based on a control signal; and

a second signal processing module which authenticates a sensor group from among the plurality of sensor groups, generates the control signal according to a result of the authentication while automatically setting a processing condition, processes the biologic signal provided from the first signal processing module according to the processing condition and outputs a result of processing the biologic signal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensor groups comprises at least one of a first sensor group which measures a biologic potential signal, a second sensor group which measures an impedance signal and a third sensor group which measures a biologic signal using light.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing condition comprises at least one of a filtering frequency band, an amplification gain and an arithmetic algorithm.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first signal processing module and the second signal processing module are a hybrid integrated circuit implemented as a system on chip.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein unique identification code information corresponding to a type of biologic signal is assigned to each sensor group of the plurality of sensor groups.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the sensing module further includes:

a first sensor group which measures a biologic potential signal; and

a second sensor group which measures a biologic signal using light,

the first signal processing module and the second signal processing module generate biologic information for monitoring a patient by processing a plurality of biologic potential signals and a plurality of biologic signals using light, and

the first signal processing module and the second signal processing module are a hybrid integrated circuit implemented as a system on chip.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the sensing module further includes:

a first sensor group which measures a biologic potential signal; and

a second sensor group which measures an impedance signal,

the first signal processing module and the second signal processing module process a plurality of biologic potential signals and a plurality of impedance signals and generate biologic information corresponding to a result of the process, and

the first signal processing module and the second signal processing module are a hybrid integrated circuit implemented as a system on chip.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the sensing module further includes a first sensor group for measuring a biologic potential signal,

the first signal processing module and the second signal processing module process a plurality of biologic potential signals and generate biologic information corresponding to a result of the process, and

the first signal processing module and the second signal processing module are a hybrid integrated circuit implemented as a system on chip.

9. A method of integrally processing a plurality of biologic signals, the method comprising:

generating a signal for operating each sensor group of a plurality of sensor groups of a sensing module which measures the plurality of biologic signals and processes a biologic signal provided from each of the sensor groups based on a control signal;

authenticating a sensor group used from among the plurality of sensor groups;

generating the control signal according to a result of the authenticating while automatically setting a processing condition;

processing a provided biologic signal according to the processing condition; and

outputting a result of the processing.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the sensing module comprises at least one of a first sensor group which measures a biologic potential signal, a second sensor group which measures an impedance signal and a third sensor group which measures a biologic signal using light.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the processing condition comprises at least one of a filtering frequency band, an amplification gain and an arithmetic algorithm.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein unique identification code information corresponding to a type of a biologic signal is assigned to each of sensor group of the plurality of sensor groups.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein

the sensing module comprises:

a first sensor group which measures a biologic potential signal; and

a second sensor group which measures a biologic signal using light, and

the processing the provided biologic signal comprises generating biologic information for monitoring a patient by processing a plurality of biologic potential signals and a plurality of biologic signals using light.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein

the sensing module comprises:

a first sensor group which measures a biologic potential signal; and

a second sensor group which measures an impedance signal, and the processing the provided biologic signal comprises;

processing a plurality of biologic potential signals and a plurality of impedance signals are processed; and

generating biologic information corresponding to a result of the processing the plurality of biologic potential signals and the plurality of impedance signals.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein

the sensing module comprises a first sensor group for measuring a biologic potential signal, and

the processing the provided biologic signal comprises:

processing a plurality of biologic potential signals; and

generating biologic information corresponding to a result of the processing the plurality of biologic potential signals.

16. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable program code for executing a method of integrally processing a plurality of biologic signals; and

instructions for causing a computer to implement the method, the method comprising;

generating a signal for operating each sensor group of a plurality of sensor groups of a sensing module which measures the plurality of biologic signals and processes a biologic signal provided from each of the sensor groups based on a control signal;

authenticating a sensor group used from among the sensor groups of the plurality of sensor groups;

generating the control signal according to a result of the authenticating while automatically setting a processing condition;

processing a provided biologic signal according to the processing condition; and

outputting a result of the processing.