Circuit apparatus built in a computer peripheral device for detecting physiological signal

• US 20030221025A1
• Filed: 01/21/2003
• Published: 11/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tatung Company
• Original Assignee: Tatung Company
• Inventors: Lee, Chao-Fa, Yang, Kuo-Long, Lu, Ya-Ting
• Application Number:
  US10/347,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20030221025A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6887 mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

A circuit apparatus built in a computer peripheral device for detecting physiological signal is disclosed, which has a signal detecting circuit to detect an optical signal from the environmental light source and sends the detected optical signal to a physiological signal processing circuit for performing digital process to obtain a physiological signal. Then, the physiological signal is sent to a computer via an input/output microprocessor circuit for showing the user'"'"'s physiological state.

Claims

1. A circuit apparatus built in a computer peripheral device for detecting physiological signal, comprising:

a signal detecting circuit for sensing a body signal from detecting body surface, wherein the body signal passes through user'"'"'s extremity operating the computer peripheral device and then received by the signal detecting circuit;

a physiological signal processing circuit for processing the body signal that is received by the signal detecting circuit in order to generate a physiological signal;

a controlling signal generating circuit for generating a controlling signal to control the computer peripheral device; and

an input/output micro-processing circuit connected to a computer to control the controlling signal or send the physiological signal to the computer, so that the computer displays the human physiological state based on the physiological signal.

2. The circuit apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an AC signal capture circuit connected between the signal detecting circuit and the physiological signal processing circuit, so as to capture the AC signal of the body signal for being sent to the physiological signal processing circuit.

3. The circuit apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the physiological signal processing circuit further includes an AC signal amplifying circuit, a DC level capture and adjustment circuit, a digital signal processing and filtering circuit and a data transmission interface, the AC signal amplifying circuit amplifying the AC signal captured by the AC signal capture circuit and sending the amplified AC signal to the digital signal processing and filtering circuit via the AC signal capture circuit for performing digital signal processing and digital filtering.

4. The circuit apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the DC level capture and adjustment circuit captures the DC level signal of the optical signal, and then sends the DC level signal to the digital signal processing and filtering circuit for being processed, so that the digital signal processing and filtering circuit further adjusts the sensitivity of the signal detecting circuit based on the DC level signal.

5. The circuit apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the data transmission interface transmits the result that the digital signal processing and filtering circuit processed to the input/output micro-processing circuit.

6. The circuit apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input/output micro-processing circuit is a universal serial bus (USB) micro-processing circuit, and the input/output micro-processing circuit transmits the signals to the computer via an USB cable.

7. The circuit apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlling signal generating circuit further includes a sensing interface circuit, a standard mouse interface circuit, a windows scroll circuit and a controlling button circuit to move the cursor on the computer monitor or control at least one instruction executed in the computer.

8. The circuit apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physiological signal is human pulse.