BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTING DEVICE

• US 20160007916A1
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: IWAWAKI, Takanori
• Application Number:
  US14/790,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20160007916A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02427 Details of sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4809 Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4812 Detecting sleep stages or cycles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7214 using signal cancellation, e.g. based on input of two identical physiological sensors spaced apart, or based on two signals derived from the same sensor, for different optical wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7257 using Fourier transforms

Abstract

A biological information detecting device includes a first light reception unit which receives light from a subject, a second light reception unit which receives light from the subject, at least one light emission unit which emits light to the subject, and a processing unit. When a distance between the light emission unit and the first light reception unit is L1, and a distance between the light emission unit and the second light reception unit is L2, L1<L2 is satisfied. The processing unit determines an active state of the subject on the basis of a first detection signal detected by the first light reception unit and a second detection signal detected by the second light reception unit, and controls the biological information detecting device according to the active state.

Claims

1. A biological information detecting device, comprising:

a first light reception unit which receives light from a subject;

a second light reception unit which receives light from the subject;

at least one light emission unit which emits light to the subject; and

a processing unit,

wherein the processing unit determines an active state of the subject on the basis of a first detection signal detected by the first light reception unit and a second detection signal detected by the second light reception unit, and controls a first detection operation of the light emission unit and the first light reception unit and a second detection operation of the light emission unit and the second light reception unit according to the active state.

2. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1,

wherein when a distance between the light emission unit and the first light reception unit is L1, and a distance between the light emission unit and the second light reception unit is L2, L1<

L2 is satisfied.

3. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1,

wherein the active state is a sleep state of the subject, and

the processing unit sets the second detection operation to be in a normal operation mode when it is determined that the subject is in a first sleep state, and sets the second detection operation to be in a non-operation mode when it is determined that the subject is in a second sleep state which is deeper than the first sleep state.

4. The biological information detecting device according to claim 3,

wherein the processing unit allows the light emission unit to emit light during a first period of detecting the light from the subject by the first light reception unit and a second period of detecting the light from the subject by the second light reception unit in the normal operation mode of the second detection operation, and stops light emission of the light emission unit during the second period in the non-operation mode of the second detection operation.

5. The biological information detecting device according to claim 3,

wherein the first sleep state is REM sleep, and

the second sleep state is non-REM sleep.

6. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit sets the second detection operation to be in a normal operation mode when it is determined that the subject is in an awake state, and sets the second detection operation to be in a non-operation mode when it is determined that the subject is in a predetermined sleep state.

7. The biological information detecting device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit performs body motion noise reduction processing which reduces a body motion noise of the first detection signal on the basis of the second detection signal, and calculates biological information on the basis of the first detection signal after being subjected to the body motion noise reduction processing.

8. The biological information detecting device according to claim 7,

wherein the processing unit obtains pulse wave information as the biological information, and determines the active state on the basis of the pulse wave information.

9. The biological information detecting device according to claim 8,

wherein the processing unit obtains a first index indicating activity of a sympathetic nerve and a second index indicating activity of a parasympathetic nerve by frequency analysis of the pulse wave information, and determines the active state on the basis of the first index and the second index.

10. The biological information detecting device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a motion sensor unit which detects body motion information of the subject,

wherein the processing unit determines the active state on the basis of the body motion information.

11. The biological information detecting device according to claim 10,

wherein the processing unit sets the motion sensor unit to be in a low power consumption mode when it is determined that the subject has transitioned from the awake state to the sleep state.

12. A biological information detecting device, comprising:

a first light reception unit which receives light from a subject;

a second light reception unit which receives light from the subject;

at least one light emission unit which emits light to the subject;

a substrate on which at least the first light reception unit and the light emission unit are arranged;

a light transmissive member which is disposed in a position on the subject side from the first light reception unit side and the second light reception unit side, transmits the light from the subject, and is in contact with the subject at the time of measuring biological information of the subject; and

a processing unit;

wherein in a plan view of a direction from the biological information detecting device to the subject, when a distance between the substrate and a surface of the light transmissive member in contact with the subject in a region in which the light transmissive member and the first light reception unit overlap each other is h1, and a distance between the substrate and a surface of the light transmissive member in contact with the subject in a region in which the light transmissive member and the second light reception unit overlap each other is h2, h1>

h2 is satisfied, and

the processing unit determines an active state of the subject on the basis of a first detection signal detected by the first light reception unit and a second detection signal detected by the second light reception unit, and controls a first detection operation of the light emission unit and the first light reception unit and a second detection operation of the light emission unit and the second light reception unit according to the active state.