IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,383,545
Granted Patent B2
US 10,383,545 · App. 15/362,873 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Apparatus and method for determining bio-information of target using impulse radar

Inventors: Hui Sup Cho (Daegu, KR); Young Jin Park (Daegu, KR)
Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
A61B5/0816A61B5/024A61B5/0507A61B5/7207G01S13/0209G01S13/53G01S13/88A61B5/725
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,383,545
App. No.
15/362,873
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method for determining bio-information of a target using an impulse radar are provided. The method may include generating a frame set by accumulating frames received at preset time intervals, determining a first magnitude spectrum of the frame set corresponding to a first frequency axis by performing a frequency conversion of frames included in the frame set in a sampler index axis direction, determining a second magnitude spectrum of the frame set corresponding to the first frequency axis and a second frequency axis by performing a frequency conversion of the first magnitude spectrum in a time axis direction, determining a third magnitude spectrum of the frame set by adding up values of the second magnitude spectrum for each second frequency, and determining a frequency indicating a peak in the third magnitude spectrum as a heartbeat frequency of the target.

Claims (10)

1. A method of determining bio-information of a target, the method comprising:

generating a frame set by accumulating frames received at preset time intervals, the frames being generated by overlapping of radar pulses reflected from a target of which a heart rate is to be measured;

determining a first magnitude spectrum of the frame set corresponding to a first frequency axis by performing a frequency conversion of frames included in the frame set in a sampler index axis direction;

determining a second magnitude spectrum of the frame set corresponding to the first frequency axis and a second frequency axis by performing a frequency conversion of the first magnitude spectrum in a time axis direction;

determining a third magnitude spectrum of the frame set by adding up values of the second magnitude spectrum in a second frequency axis direction; and

determining a frequency indicating a peak in the third magnitude spectrum as a heartbeat frequency of the target.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

filtering the first magnitude spectrum in the time axis direction using a band-pass filter (BPF) with a frequency band corresponding to the heartbeat frequency; and

applying a window function corresponding to a data length in the time axis direction to the filtered first magnitude spectrum,

wherein the determining of the second magnitude spectrum comprises determining the second magnitude spectrum by performing the frequency conversion of the first magnitude spectrum, to which the window function is applied, in the time axis direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2016
From: CHO, HUI SUP; PARK, YOUNG JIN
To: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 040439/0966 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0125691 · Sep 29, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0127798 · Oct 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180085013A1 · Mar 29, 2018