IP Library Granted Patent US 12669434
Granted Patent B2
US 12669434 · App. 17/940,068 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Optical system for triglyceride inspection

Inventors: Shuo-Ting Yan (Hsinchu City, TW); I-Hua Wang (Hsinchu City, TW); Chen-Chung Chang (Hsinchu City, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan RedEye Biomedical Inc.
G01N21/53A61B5/0004A61B5/14546A61B5/1455A61B5/1495A61B5/6891E03D11/00A61B2562/0238G01N2201/12746
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Patent No.
US 12669434
App. No.
17/940,068
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical system for triglyceride inspection is disclosed. The optical system includes a first light source, a second light source, an optical sensor, and an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is configured to: control the first light source to emit white light onto a skin of a subject, causing a first scattered light to be produced from the skin; control the second light source to emit detection light onto the skin, causing a second scattered light to be produced from the skin; collect the first and second scattered lights; calculate an estimated reflectance, a calibration coefficient, and an estimated internal turbidity based on the first and second scattered lights; and employ the calibration coefficient to calibrate the estimated internal turbidity so as to obtain a measured internal turbidity. Simply put, the optical system can correct optical measurement errors caused by variations in skin tone.

Claims (21)

1 . An optical system for triglyceride inspection, comprising:

an optical assembly ( 11 ), being integrated into a toilet seat ( 21 ), and comprising a first light source ( 111 ), a second light source ( 112 ) and an optical sensor ( 113 ); and

an electronic device ( 12 ), being coupled to the optical assembly ( 11 ), and comprises a processor ( 120 ), a memory ( 121 ) and a display ( 122 );

wherein the memory ( 121 ) is configured to store instructions, and the processor ( 120 ) is configured to execute the instructions to:

radiate, by enabling the first light source ( 111 ), a white light onto a skin of a subject, thereby causing a first scattered light to be produced from the skin;

collect, by enabling the optical sensor ( 113 ), the first scattered light;

calculate, based on the first scattered light and the white light, an estimated reflectance;

calculate, by utilizing a first mathematical expression: C=Counts white light/Counts baseline, a calibration coefficient; wherein Counts white light is the estimated reflectance, and Counts_baseline represents a reference reflectance;

radiate, by enabling the second light source ( 112 ), a detection light onto the skin of the subject, thereby causing a second scattered light to be produced from the skin;

collect, by enabling the optical sensor ( 113 ), the second scattered light;

calculate, based on the second scattered light and the detection light, an estimated internal turbidity;

calculate, by utilizing a second mathematical expression: Y′=Y/C, a measured internal turbidity; wherein Y is the estimated internal turbidity, and C is the calibration coefficient; and

show, by driving the display ( 122 ), the measured internal turbidity.

2 . The optical system for triglyceride inspection of claim 1 , wherein the detection light is a near-infrared light.

3 . The optical system for triglyceride inspection of claim 2 , wherein when the skin is white or bright, the calibration coefficient is greater than 1, thereby leading the measured internal turbidity to be less than the estimated internal turbidity.

4 . The optical system for triglyceride inspection of claim 3 , wherein when the skin is dark, the calibration coefficient is less than 1, thereby leading the measured internal turbidity to be greater than the estimated internal turbidity.

5 . The optical system for triglyceride inspection of claim 4 , wherein the detection light has a wavelength in a range between 700 and 2500 nm.

6 . The optical system for triglyceride inspection of claim 4 , wherein the detection light has a wavelength in a range between 700 and 1100 nm.

7 . The optical system for triglyceride inspection of claim 1 , wherein the detection light is a green light, a red light, or a mid-infrared light.

8 . The optical system for triglyceride inspection of claim 1 , wherein the processor ( 120 ) is further configured to transmit the measured internal turbidity to a user-end electronic device that is selected from a group consisting of smartphone, tablet computer, smartwatch, smart bracelet, door phone, desktop computer, laptop computer, all-in-one computer, and server computer, and wherein the electronic device is configured to be integrated in a smart toilet control box.

9 . A toilet comprising the optical system for triglyceride inspection of claim 1 .