Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090013793 | PRESSURE SENSOR FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A pressure sensor includes at least one cantilever formed on an upper surface of a silicon substrate, a piezoresistor formed on a fixed end of the cantilever, and a metal wire and an electrode pad connected to both ends of the piezoresistor, wherein a stopper that limits a deformation of a free end of the cantilever is formed below the cantilever. | 01-15-2009 |
20090069698 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - Provided is a blood pressure measuring apparatus and a method of measuring blood pressure. The blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a plurality of blood pressure measuring units disposed on a substrate, a plurality of optical sensors disposed on the substrate to correspond to the blood pressure measuring units, and a control unit that measures blood pressure by analyzing signals received from the optical sensors and the blood pressure measuring units, wherein each of the blood pressure measuring units comprises a plurality of blood pressure sensors. | 03-12-2009 |
20090154523 | BODY-TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE AND BODY-TEMPERATURE MEASURING SYSTEM HAVING THE DEVICE - A body-temperature measuring device is provided. The device includes: a pad which is attachable to and detachable from a human body; a battery which is provided to the pad and includes a pair of battery terminals for supplying power; and a temperature sensing block which is attached to and detached from the pad and comprises units for contacting the human body to sense temperature and wirelessly transmitting a temperature sensing signal corresponding to the sensed temperature and a pair of connecting terminals which are electrically connected to the battery terminals only when attached to the pad, and a body-temperature measuring system including one or more of the body-temperature measuring devices and a receiver which receives the wirelessly transmitted temperature sensing signal, measures the temperature by using the received signal, and informs of a result of measuring the temperature. | 06-18-2009 |
20090160642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESSLY RECEIVING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL - A method of wirelessly receiving a biological signal is provided. Thus, it is possible to considerably reduce power consumption of a wireless biological signal receiver by determining a transmission period of an externally received biological signal, setting an operation mode of the wireless biological signal receiver to an active mode in which it is possible to receive the biological signal for a predetermined time for each determined transmission period and receiving the biological signal, and changing the operation mode from the active mode to a low-power mode in which it is impossible to receive the biological signal, after the predetermined time is elapsed with respect to each determined transmission period. | 06-25-2009 |
20090177096 | CONTACT FORCE SENSOR PACKAGE, BLOOD PRESSURE METER WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE CONTACT FORCE SENSOR PACKAGE - A contact force sensor package includes a substrate layer having a vibration detection unit and a pair of first junction pads that are electrical connection ports which are provided on an upper surface of the substrate layer, a flexible circuit substrate layer having a pair of second junction pads provided at a position corresponding to the first junction pads and electrically connected to the first junction pad, a vibration transfer unit having one side contacting the vibration detection unit and the other side contacting a human body and transferring a sphygmus wave of the human body to the vibration detection unit, and an adhesion layer formed between the substrate layer and the flexible circuit substrate layer to reinforce a junction force between the substrate layer and the flexible circuit substrate layer, the adhesion layer being not formed in an area overlapping at least the vibration transfer unit. | 07-09-2009 |
20100049028 | Electrode for living body and device for detecting living signal - A biosignal measurement device includes an electrode and a signal processing member. The electrode includes an insulation sheet having a hole, a device contact portion provided on the top surface of the insulation sheet and a body contact portion provided on the bottom surface of the insulation sheet, the device contact portion and the body contact portion electrically connected to each other via the hole. The signal processing member includes an externally exposed terminal to make surface contact with the device contact portion, an analog signal processing unit, an A/D signal converter and a digital signal processing unit. Also, the device contact portion and the body contact portion are formed of a material which is both conductive and adhesive. Accordingly, the signal processing member may be directly attached. Noise may be reduced. Also, a biosignal may be accurately measured. | 02-25-2010 |
20100121206 | PRESSURIZING MODULE AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a pressurizing module and a blood pressure measuring device including the pressurizing module. The pressurizing module includes a driving block optionally discharging compressed air; and a bellows-type airbag formed to overlap with the driving block, and comprising an inner space accommodating the compressed air discharged from the driving block, a plurality of wrinkles flattened so as to expand the inner space, and a pressurizing surface formed at an end portion of the wrinkles and spaced apart from the driving block as the inner space expands. | 05-13-2010 |
20100123468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING WHEATSTONE BRIDGE ROBUST IN CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE - An apparatus for optimizing a Wheatstone bridge robust in a temperature change, the apparatus including; a voltage difference measuring unit which measures a voltage difference between a current input end and a current output end of the Wheatstone bridge, wherein the Wheatstone bridge comprises a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor and a fourth resistor and a tuning resistor; and a resistance tuning controller which detects a resistance ratio of a first distribution resistance and a second distribution resistance of the tuning resistor so that the voltage difference measuring unit measures a maximum voltage difference, and controls tuning of the tuning resistor according to the detected resistance ratio. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING ACCURACY OF BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING APPARATUS - A method for testing accuracy of blood pressure measurement in a blood pressure monitoring apparatus includes calculating a difference between measured blood pressures of a user measured at two or more measurement points, calculating a difference between hydrostatic pressures of blood estimated at the two or more measurement points, and calculating an error of the measured blood pressures. | 05-20-2010 |
20100179443 | Circuit and method for compensating for an electrode motion artifact - 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. | 07-15-2010 |
20100185104 | PRESSURIZING APPARATUS - A pressurizing apparatus includes a lower frame and an upper frame. A first end of the upper frame may be hinged to the lower frame at a rotation axis, and a second end of the upper frame may be rotated about the rotation axis by an actuator. A pressurizing unit may be combined to the upper frame in such a way that the pressurizing unit is rotatable relative to the upper frame. When the actuator rotates the second end of the upper frame, the pressurizing unit pressurizes an object to be pressurized. | 07-22-2010 |
20100204588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MEASUREMENT SITE OF BLOOD PRESSURE - An apparatus and method which detects a blood-pressure measurement site. The apparatus for detecting a site of a body to measure blood pressure includes a sensing unit for sensing pressures applied to a blood vessel of a site of the body, a calculation unit for calculating a waveform representing the sensed pressure, and a determination unit for determining whether the site is the optimal site. | 08-12-2010 |
20100204606 | BODY-TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE AND BODY-TEMPERATURE MEASURING SYSTEM HAVING THE DEVICE - A body-temperature measuring device is provided. The device includes: a pad which is attachable to and detachable from a human body; a battery which is provided to the pad and includes a pair of battery terminals for supplying power; and a temperature sensing block which is attached to and detached from the pad and comprises units for contacting the human body to sense temperature and wirelessly transmitting a temperature sensing signal corresponding to the sensed temperature and a pair of connecting terminals which are electrically connected to the battery terminals only when attached to the pad, and a body-temperature measuring system including one or more of the body-temperature measuring devices and a receiver which receives the wirelessly transmitted temperature sensing signal, measures the temperature by using the received signal, and informs of a result of measuring the temperature. | 08-12-2010 |
20100274143 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING BLOOD PRESSURE - A method for estimating blood pressure includes: sensing a value of a first sphygmus wave in a region of a user's body while pressurizing the region with a first pressure; sensing a value of a second sphygmus wave in the region while pressurizing the region a second pressure; and estimating blood pressure of the region based on the sensed values of the first sphygmus wave and the second sphygmus wave. The first pressure and the second pressure are each either a variable pressure or a constant pressure. A height of the region, relative to the user's body, is different for the sensing the value of the first sphygmus wave than for the sensing the value of the second sphygmus wave. | 10-28-2010 |
20100286533 | Biosignal-detecting apparatus and method thereof - A method of detecting a biosignal includes; measuring a biosignal from a user; band pass filtering the biosignal to each of a first frequency band and/or a second frequency band, and detecting a first frequency band signal and/or a second frequency band signal; calculating a PSD of the first frequency band signal and detecting a frequency band signal with a maximum PSD in the first frequency band as a heartbeat signal of the user; and calculating a PSD of the second frequency band signal and/or detecting a frequency band signal with a maximum PSD in the second frequency band as a respiration signal of the user. | 11-11-2010 |
20100286538 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a sensing unit including a plurality of sensors sensing sphygmus waves at a measurement site, a selection unit selecting one sensor of the plurality of sensors based on the sphygmus waves sensed by the plurality of sensors, and a blood pressure estimation unit estimating blood pressure of the measurement site based on a sphygmus wave sensed by the selected sensor. | 11-11-2010 |
20100298726 | LOW-PRESSURIZATION BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A blood pressure monitoring apparatus including a pressing unit which presses a measurement body part of a subject, a sensing unit which senses a sphygmus wave at the measurement body part while the measurement body part is being pressed, a control unit controlling a point of time of stopping the pressing based on an amplitude of the sensed sphygmus wave, and an estimation unit which estimates a blood pressure of the subject based on the sphygmus wave sensed before the pressing performed by the pressing unit is stopped. | 11-25-2010 |
20100305457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING BLOOD PRESSURE - A method for estimating blood pressure includes sensing a sphygmus wave at a body part of a user to which vibration is applied to generate a sensed sphygmus wave, filtering the sensed sphygmus wave to generated a filtered sphygmus wave, and estimating blood pressure of the user based on time differences between peaks of the sensed sphygmus wave and peaks of the filtered sphygmus wave. | 12-02-2010 |
20110237904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL - An apparatus for measuring a biological signal of a body, the apparatus including; at least three interfaces which obtain signals from the body, a signal application unit which applies a signal having a frequency which is higher than one of a frequency of interest of the biological signal to one of a first interface from among the at least three interfaces, and one of a plurality of internal elements of the apparatus, a feedback signal generation unit which generates a feedback signal from component signals generated due to the applied signal, wherein the feedback signal generation unit generates the feedback signal using a signal obtained from at least one of a second interface and a third interface from among the at least three interfaces and an input control unit which receives the generated feedback signal and controls a signal input from at least one of the second interface and third interface to an amplifier. | 09-29-2011 |
20110306892 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL - Provided is a method and apparatuses for measuring a biological signal, in which a biological signal of an examinee is detected via at least one interface that touches skin of the examinee, and a dummy signal is detected via a dummy interface Noise that is generated by a fluctuation in the electrical characteristics of the at least one interface is removed from the biological signal using the biological signal and the dummy signal. | 12-15-2011 |
20120041292 | ELECTRODE FOR A LIVING BODY AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A BIO-SIGNAL - Provided are an electrode for a living body and a device for detecting bio-signals using the electrode. The electrode includes an insulation sheet that has at least one via hole, an electrode unit formed in the at least one via hole, and a guiding unit for guiding the attachment of a signal processing unit. | 02-16-2012 |
20120184822 | HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEALTH CARE - An apparatus for controlling health care in a health care system is provided. The apparatus for controlling health care in a health care system includes a communication unit configured to transmit and/or receive a sensed biological signal, a determination unit configured to determine whether the health care system comprises, in addition to a first gateway through which the sensed biological signal is transmitted and/or received, at least one second gateway through which the sensed biological signal can be transmitted and/or received, and determine which gateway the sensed biological signal is to be transmitted and/or received through in response to the health care system comprising the second gateway, and a communication control unit configured to control a transmitting and/or receiving function of each gateway according to a result of the determining. | 07-19-2012 |
20120226128 | ELECTRODE FOR LIVING BODY AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING LIVING SIGNAL - A biosignal measurement device includes an electrode and a signal processing member. The electrode includes an insulation sheet having a hole, a device contact portion provided on the top surface of the insulation sheet and a body contact portion provided on the bottom surface of the insulation sheet, the device contact portion and the body contact portion electrically connected to each other via the hole. The signal processing member includes an externally exposed terminal to make surface contact with the device contact portion, an analog signal processing unit, an A/D signal converter and a digital signal processing unit. Also, the device contact portion and the body contact portion are formed of a material which is both conductive and adhesive. Accordingly, the signal processing member may be directly attached. Noise may be reduced. Also, a biosignal may be accurately measured. | 09-06-2012 |
20130053675 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BIOELECTRIC SIGNALS - A bioelectric signal measurement apparatus includes a first interface configured to detect a bioelectric signal of a testee through electrical interfacing with a skin of the testee; a second interface configured to detect a signal different from the bioelectric signal through electrical interfacing with the skin, the second interface electrically interfacing with the skin in a state that is different from a state in which the first interface electrically interfaces with the skin; and a signal processor configured to remove, from the detected bioelectric signal, a motion artifact between the first interface and the skin using the detected signal different from the bioelectric signal. | 02-28-2013 |
20140121565 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BIOSIGNALS - An apparatus and method for measuring a biosignal that include generating a control signal for processing the biosignal based on an obtained replication signal or a sensed motion of the subject. | 05-01-2014 |
20140145784 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE WITHOUT MECHANICAL SWITCH FOR ON/OFF OPERATION - A signal processing device includes a detection unit configured to detect an intent to use the signal processing device based on whether the signal processing device is in contact with a subject; and a power supply unit configured to supply power to operate the signal processing device based on the detected intent to use the signal processing device without using a separate ON/OFF switch to supply the power to operate the signal processing device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF RECEIVER - A method of reducing power consumption of a receiver includes identifying a plurality of sensors for transmitting a signal, generating data for controlling a transmission operation of the plurality of sensors, and transmitting the data to the plurality of sensors. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153724 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, SENSOR DEVICE, AND USER TERMINAL - A data processing method performed by a sensor device, includes displaying identification information of the sensor device, and encrypting data measured by the sensor device based on the identification information. The method further includes transmitting the encrypted data to a user terminal. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL - A method of processing a signal may include receiving an input signal including a motion artifact, determining a filter parameter based on a frequency component of a motion-based signal analogous to the motion artifact, and filtering the input signal using a filter having the determined filter parameter. | 06-05-2014 |
20140221807 | SENSOR PLATFORM AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Provided is a sensor platform and a method of preparing the same. The sensor platform may include a hydrogel sheet comprising a net structure; an electrolyte applied to the net structure; and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the hydrogel sheet. | 08-07-2014 |
20140285257 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING SIGNAL - An apparatus that amplifies a signal, includes an amplifier configured to amplify the signal. The apparatus further includes a current supplier configured to supply a periodically variable current to the amplifier. | 09-25-2014 |
20150025326 | ACCESSORIES FOR REMOTE MONITORING - An accessory for remote monitoring, including: a body capable of being placed on a human body; a measurement unit installed in the body and measuring a change in surroundings; a signal processing unit for processing a signal acquired from the measurement unit; and a wireless communication unit including a monopole antenna transmitting the signal processed by the signal processing unit and a ground installed along the body, corresponding to the monopole antenna. The signal processing unit and the monopole antenna are manufactured in a small size to be formed in the accessories body or periphery of the accessories body, and a space for wiring the ground may be obtained by using a band or the accessories body in an extended shape. | 01-22-2015 |
20150065908 | RECONFIGURABLE MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS - A reconfigurable measuring apparatus includes a first chopper configured to modulate an input signal, and an amplifier configured to amplify an output signal of the first chopper. The reconfigurable measuring apparatus further includes a second chopper configured to demodulate an output signal of the amplifier, and a controller configured to control the first chopper and the second chopper based on a measurement mode. | 03-05-2015 |