IP Library Granted Patent US 8,798,698
Granted Patent B2
US 8,798,698 · App. 12/609,116 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Apparatus and method of processing plurality of biologic signals

Inventors: Youn-ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jong-keun Song (Yongin-si, KR); Dong-wook Kim (Seoul, KR); Kun-soo Shin (Seongnam-si, KR); Hyung-sok Yeo (Yongin-si, KR); Sang-kon Bae (Seongnam-si, KR); Woo-young Jang (Seongnam-si, KR); Ji-hoon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,798,698
App. No.
12/609,116
Filed
Oct 30, 2009
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2852
USPC
600/310
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 (58)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2009
From: KIM, YOUN-HO; SONG, JONG-KEUN; KIM, DONG-WOOK; SHIN, KUN-SOO; YEO, HYUNG-SOK; BAE, SANG-KON; JANG, WOO-YOUNG; KIM, JI-HOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2008-0107422 · Oct 30, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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