APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOSIGNAL

• US 20160066845A1
• Filed: 03/18/2015
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KWON, Ui Kun, KIM, Sang Joon
• Granted Patent: US 9,993,176 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0276 Determining malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0468 Built-in electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0531 Measuring skin impedance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger

Abstract

A biosignal detecting apparatus and method thereof are disclosed, including a ring-type main body, and a pair of electrodes configured to be in contact with a finger of a user and to detect a biosignal of the user. An electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed along an inner surface of the main body.

Claims

1. A biosignal detecting apparatus, comprising:

a ring-type main body; and

a pair of electrodes configured to be in contact with a finger of a user and to detect a biosignal of the user,

wherein an electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed along an inner surface of the main body.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a reference unit disposed on an outer surface of the main body to allow a reference position of the biosignal detecting apparatus to be identified.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the reference unit comprises an ornament.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed along one surface of the inner surface between the reference position and another reference position, opposite to the reference position, and

another electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed along another surface of the inner surface between the reference position and the another reference position.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pair of the electrodes is alternately disposed along the inner surface.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed along the inner surface, and another electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed along an outer surface.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inner surface is divided into two surfaces by a baseline formed along the inner surface, and

the electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed along one surface of the two surfaces, and another electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed along another surface of the two surfaces.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an outputter configured to output information on the detected biosignal.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a communicator configured to transmit information about the detected biosignal.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the biosignal is an electrical conductance of skin.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electrodes are spaced apart within the inner surface of the main body.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a processor configured to verify whether a measured value of a biosignal detected is in a reference range;

a communication module configured to transmit information about the biosignal detected to a user terminal in response to the measured value being verified; and

an outputter configured to display the information about the biosignal detected.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, when the measured value is not within the reference range, the processor controls the biosignal detecting apparatus to apply a physical stimulus to a user.

14. A biosignal detecting apparatus, comprising:

a pair of electrodes;

a ring-type first body in which one electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed; and

a ring-type second body in which another electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed,

wherein the pair of the electrodes is configured to detect a biosignal based on a contact between the first body and the second body.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising:

an outputter configured to output information about the detected biosignal.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising:

a communicator configured to transmit information on the detected biosignal.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the biosignal is an electrical conductance of skin.

18. A method of a biosignal detecting apparatus, the method comprising:

configuring an electrode of a pair of electrodes to be disposed along an inner surface of a main body of the biosignal detecting apparatus; and

detecting a biosignal of a user from a contact between the pair of electrodes and a finger of the user.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

identifying a reference position of the biosignal detecting apparatus along an outer surface of the main body.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

arranging a ring-type auxiliary body physically separately from the main body;

disposing the electrode of the pair of electrodes along the inner surface of the main body; and

disposing another electrode of the pair of electrodes along an inner surface of the auxiliary body,

wherein the detecting of the biosignal comprises detecting the biosignal based on an electrical contact between the main body and the auxiliary body.