Circuit and method for compensating for an electrode motion artifact

• US 7,711,414 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2006
• Issued: 05/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Hyun Tal, Hwang, Jin Sang, Shin, Kun Soo, Kim, Jong Pal
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno; Carl H
• Assistant Examiner(s): GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR
• Application Number:
  US11/372,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20070142735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 600508-510, 600/513, 600/515, 607/28
• US Class Current: 600/509
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/276 Protection against electrode failure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/30 Input circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7207 of noise induced by motion artifacts

Abstract

A circuit and method for compensating for an electrode motion artifact in which the electrode motion artifact is generated because impedance between a subject and a measuring electrode changes during measurement of the subject'"'"'s biosignal, and the electrode motion artifact can be differentially measured and an electrocardiogram signal can be compensated by introducing a predetermined voltage or an electric current to the subject. A circuit and method for compensating electrode motion artifact, which can differentially measure the difference information between impedance components by introducing a predetermined voltage or electric current to a subject, in association with the electrode motion artifact. In this instance, the impedance component is a component of electrode motion artifact and the electrode motion artifact is generated when measuring a biosignal.

Claims

1. A circuit for compensating for an electrode motion artifact, comprising:

a carrier signal source to oscillate a carrier signal;

a first electrode and a second electrode measuring a voltage or an electric current of a subject to which the carrier signal is introduced;

a third electrode introducing the oscillated carrier signal to the subject;

a differential amplifier to differentially detect or amplify signals from the first electrode and the second electrode and to output an output signal including an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal and an electrode motion artifact; and

an ECG extraction unit to remove the electrode motion artifact signal from the output signal and selectively extracting the ECG signal,

wherein the electrode motion artifact signal included in the output signal is modulated by the carrier signal; and

the ECG extraction unit extracts;

an X signal including the electrode motion artifact signal and the ECG signal within a predetermined frequency band by passing the output signal through a band pass filter (BPF);

a Y signal including the electrode motion artifact signal within the predetermined frequency band by passing the output signal through a high pass filter (HPF), selectively identifying the modulated electrode motion artifact signal that is modulated by the carrier signal, demodulating the identified modulated electrode motion artifact signal, and passing the demodulated electrode motion artifact signal through the BPF; and

an ECG signal, from the X signal, by using the X signal and the Y signal.

2. A circuit of compensating for an electrode motion artifact, comprising:

a carrier signal to oscillate a carrier signal;

a third electrode to introduce the oscillated carrier signal to a subject;

a first electrode and a second electrode to be respectively connected to an inverting node and a non-inverting node connected to the subject, and to respectively collect corresponding bio-signals;

a differential amplifier to differentially detect or amplify the collected bio-signals and to output an output signal including an ECG signal and an electrode motion artifact; and

an ECG extraction unit to remove the electrode motion artifact signal from the output signal and to selectively extract the ECG signal,

wherein the electrode motion artifact signal included in the output signal is modulated by the carrier signal, and the ECG extraction unit;

extracts a Y signal including the electrode motion artifact signal within a predetermined frequency band by passing the output signal through an HPF, selectively identifying the modulated electrode motion artifact signal, demodulating the identified modulated electrode motion artifact signal, and passing the demodulated electrode motion artifact signal through a BPF;

returns the extracted Y signal to the differential amplifier through a feedback controller; and

extracts the ECG signal within the predetermined frequency band by passing the output signal outputted form the differential amplifying unit after the returning of the Y signal.

3. A circuit of compensating for an electrode motion artifact, comprising:

a third electrode to ground a subject;

a first electrode and a second electrode to be respectively connected to an inverting node and a non-inverting node connected to the subject, and to respectively collect corresponding bio-signals;

a differential amplifier to differentially detect or amplify the collected bio-signals and to output an output signal including an ECG signal and an electrode motion artifact signal, after a carrier signal oscillated from a carrier signal source is introduced; and

an ECG extraction unit to remove the electrode motion artifact signal from the output signal and to selectively extract the ECG signal,

wherein the electrode motion artifact signal included in the output signal is modulated by the carrier signal, and the ECG extraction unit extracts;

an X signal including the electrode motion artifact signal and the ECG signal within a predetermined frequency band by passing the output signal through a BPF;

a Y signal including the electrode motion artifact signal within the predetermined frequency band by passing the output signal through an HPF, selectively identifying the modulated electrode motion artifact signal, demodulating the identified modulated electrode motion artifact signal, and passing the demodulated electrode motion artifact signal through the BPF; and

an ECG signal, from the X signal, by using the X signal and the Y signal.