Apparatus and method of processing plurality of biologic signals

• US 8,798,698 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2009
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Youn-ho, Song, Jong-keun, Kim, Dong-wook, Shin, Kun-soo, Yeo, Hyung-sok, Bae, Sang-kon, Jang, Woo-young, Kim, Ji-hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Laballe, Clayton E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang, Fang-Chi
• Application Number:
  US12/609,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20100113898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,740 Days
• Field of Search: 600/310
• 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. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first signal processing module comprises a communicator which receives unique ID information transmitted from each of the plurality of sensor groups wirelessly or via wires, and transmits the received unique ID code information to the second signal processing module.

10. 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.

11. The method of claim 10, 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.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the processing condition comprises at least one of a filtering frequency band, an amplification gain and an arithmetic algorithm.

13. The method of claim 10, 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.

14. The method of claim 10, 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.

15. The method of claim 10, 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.

16. The method of claim 10, 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.

17. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium having computer readable program code stored thereon 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.