BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTING DEVICE, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION PROGRAM

• US 20140221848A1
• Filed: 02/04/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: NAGASAKA, Tomoaki
• Application Number:
  US14/172,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20140221848A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/479
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/046 in a matrix array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02427 Details of sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/721 using a separate sensor to detect motion or using motion information derived from signals other than the physiological signal to be measured

Abstract

A biological information detecting device of the present invention, which detects the pulse of a user, includes a detecting section which outputs an observation signal detected based on a pulse wave of at least one observation site of the user and an acceleration measuring section which outputs a plurality of acceleration signals in each of a plurality of axial directions measured along with the user'"'"'s movement. Based on a comparison between the observation signal and a composite acceleration signal obtained by combining the acceleration signals based on a plurality of parameters, the device estimates a specific value of each of the parameters corresponding to acceleration components of the observation signal based on the user'"'"'s movement, and calculates the pulse rate of the user from a difference value obtained by subtracting a specific composite acceleration signal corresponding to the specific value of each of the estimated parameters from the observation signal.

Claims

1. A biological information detecting device comprising:

a detecting section which outputs an observation signal detected based on a pulse wave of at least one observation site of a user;

an acceleration measuring section which outputs a plurality of acceleration signals which are corresponding to a plurality of different axial directions and are measured along with a movement of the user;

a parameter estimating section which estimates, based on a comparison between the observation signal and a composite acceleration signal obtained by combining the plurality of acceleration signals based on a plurality of parameters, a specific value of each of the parameters corresponding to acceleration components obtained in response to the movement of the user; and

a pulse rate calculating section which calculates a pulse rate of the user as a biological information from a difference value obtained by subtracting a specific composite acceleration signal corresponding to the specific value of each of the parameters from the observation signal.

2. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the parameter estimating section estimates the specific value of each of the parameters based on values of cross-correlation coefficients between a plurality of composite acceleration signals different from each other and the observation signal when the parameters are set at a plurality of different values.

3. The biological information detecting device according to claim 2, wherein the parameter estimating section obtains a value of a cross-correlation coefficient for each of the plurality of composite acceleration signals, and estimates a value of each of the parameters when the value of the cross-correlation coefficient is maximum as the specific value of each of the parameters.

4. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of parameters include a first parameter corresponding to a time difference between a time when the user starts moving and a time when an influence of movement occurs to the observation signal, and a second parameter corresponding to an angular difference between each of the axial directions of the plurality of acceleration signals and a main blood flow direction at the observation site, and

wherein the parameter estimating section estimates, as the specific value, a specific value of the first parameter and a specific value of the second parameter.

5. The biological information detecting device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a storage section which stores, as amplitude in a standing still state, a value of amplitude of the observation signal detected by the detecting section in the standing still state where the user is not moving,

wherein the plurality of parameters further include a third parameter as a proportionality coefficient for setting amplitude of the composite acceleration signal, and

wherein the parameter estimating section estimates, as the specific value, a specific value of the third parameter based on a comparison between the amplitude in the standing still state and amplitude of a signal indicating the difference value between the observation signal and the composite acceleration signal.

6. The biological information detecting device according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of different axial directions have x axis and y axis in directions orthogonal to each other along a body surface of the observation site of the user and z axis in a direction orthogonal to the x axis and the y axis;

and the acceleration measuring section obtains a first acceleration signal in a direction of the x axis, a second acceleration signal in a direction of the y axis, and a third acceleration signal in a direction of the z axis as the plurality of acceleration signals, and

wherein the parameter estimating section estimates the specific value of each of the parameters by using at least the first acceleration signal and the second acceleration signal.

7. The biological information detecting device according to claim 5, wherein the detecting section outputs a plurality of observation signals based on each pulse wave of a plurality of observation sites of the user which are different from each other,

wherein the biological information detecting device further comprises an observation signal selecting section which selects a specific observation signal having amplitude most approximate to the amplitude in the standing still state from among the plurality of observation signals, and

wherein the parameter estimating section estimates specific values of the plurality of parameters based on the specific observation signal.

8. The biological information detecting device according to claim 7, wherein the observation signal selecting section compares amplitude of each of the plurality of acceleration signals with a predetermined threshold value, and selects the specific observation signal from the plurality of observation signals, when the amplitude of each of the plurality of acceleration signals is larger than the threshold value.

9. The biological information detecting device according to claim 7, wherein the detecting section includes a light-emitting section which irradiates each of the plurality of observation sites with light, and a light-receiving section which receives light irradiated from the light-emitting section and reflected from each of the plurality of observation sites and outputs the plurality of observation signals,

wherein the light-emitting section includes one or plurality of light-emitting elements which emit light,

wherein the light-receiving section includes one or plurality of light-receiving elements which receive light, and

wherein the light-emitting section and the light-receiving section include at least the plurality of light-emitting elements or the plurality of light-receiving elements.

10. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display section which displays the pulse rate calculated by the pulse rate calculating section.

11. A biological information detecting method comprising:

a step of obtaining an observation signal based on a pulse wave of at least one observation site of a user, and obtaining a plurality of acceleration signals which are corresponding to a plurality of different axial directions along with a movement of the user;

a step of estimating, based on a comparison between the observation signal and a composite acceleration signal obtained by combining the plurality of acceleration signals based on a plurality of parameters, a specific value of each of the parameters corresponding to acceleration components obtained in response to the movement of the user included in the observation signal; and

a step of calculating a pulse rate of the user as a biological information from a difference value obtained by subtracting a specific composite acceleration signal corresponding to the specific value of each of the parameters from the observation signal.

12. The biological information detecting method according to claim 11, wherein the step of estimating the specific value of each of the parameters is performed based on values of cross-correlation coefficients between a plurality of composite acceleration signals different from each other and the observation signal when the parameters are set at a plurality of different values.

13. The biological information detecting method according to claim 12, wherein the step of estimating the specific value of each of the parameters is performed such that a value of a cross-correlation coefficient is obtained for each of the plurality of composite acceleration signals, and a value of each of the parameters when the value of the cross-correlation coefficient is maximum is estimated as the specific value of each of the parameters.

14. The biological information detecting method according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of parameters include a first parameter corresponding to a time difference between a time when the user starts moving and a time when an influence of movement occurs to the observation signal, and a second parameter corresponding to an angular difference between each of the axial directions of the acceleration signals and a main blood flow direction at the observation site, and

wherein a specific value of the first parameter and a specific value of the second parameter are estimated as specific values of the plurality of parameters.

15. The biological information detecting method according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of parameters further include a third parameter as a proportionality coefficient for setting amplitude of the composite acceleration signal,

wherein a value of amplitude of the observation signal detected in a standing still state where the user is not moving is stored as amplitude in the standing still state, and

wherein a specific value of the third parameter is estimated as a specific value of the plurality of parameters based on a comparison between the amplitude in the standing still state and amplitude of a signal indicating the difference value between the observation signal and the composite acceleration signal.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a biological information detection program that is executable by a computer, the program being executable by the computer to perform functions comprising:

processing for obtaining an observation signal based on a pulse wave of at least one observation site of a user, and obtaining a plurality of acceleration signals which are corresponding to a plurality of different axial directions set in advance along with a movement of the user;

processing for estimating, based on a comparison between the observation signal and a composite acceleration signal obtained by combining the plurality of acceleration signals based on a plurality of parameters, a specific value of each of the parameters corresponding to acceleration components obtained in response to the movement of the user included in the observation signal; and

processing for calculating a pulse rate of the user as a biological information from a difference value obtained by subtracting a specific composite acceleration signal corresponding to the specific value of each of the parameters from the observation signal.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the processing for estimating the specific value of each of the parameters is performed based on values of cross-correlation coefficients between a plurality of composite acceleration signals different from each other and the observation signal when the parameters are set at a plurality of different values.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of parameters include a first parameter corresponding to a time difference between a time when the user starts moving and a time when an influence of movement occurs to the observation signal, and a second parameter corresponding to an angular difference between each of the axial directions of the acceleration signals and a main blood flow direction at the observation site, and

wherein a specific value of the first parameter and a specific value of the second parameter are estimated as specific values of the plurality of parameters.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18, wherein the plurality of parameters further include a third parameter as a proportionality coefficient for setting amplitude of the composite acceleration signal,

wherein a value of amplitude of the observation signal detected in a standing still state where the user is not moving is stored as amplitude in the standing still state, and

wherein a specific value of the third parameter is estimated as a specific value of the plurality of parameters, based on a comparison between the amplitude in the standing still state and amplitude of a signal indicating the difference value between the observation signal and the composite acceleration signal.