Granted Patent B2

US 12,478,263 · App. 17/924,183 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Inventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, FR); William Lapierre (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, FR); Shivakumar Puttaswamy (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, FR)

Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques

A61B5/02055A61B5/01A61B5/6893A61B5/0816

Abstract

Claims (24)

1 . A system for detecting a contagious disease in a person, the system comprising:

an acquisition device for acquiring examination data on the person, the acquisition device comprising: at least one physiological measurement sensor, a thermal camera, and a Near Infrared (NIR) camera;

a data processing device configured to receive the examination data obtained by the acquisition device; and

a display device configured to display diagnostic information for diagnosing the contagious disease based on an analysis of said examination data, where the diagnostic information represents a probability that the person is infected with the contagious disease,

wherein the thermal camera comprises a Far Infrared (FIR) camera configured to capture temperatures of the person and respiration characteristics of the person;

wherein the thermal camera is located in a back of a seat or in a center console of a vehicle containing the person, and

wherein the NIR camera is configured to capture an oximetry of the person and a heart rate of the person.

2 . The system as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the data processing device comprises an artificial intelligence unit configured to process the examination data obtained by the acquisition device and provide said diagnostic information;

wherein the artificial intelligence unit is configured to utilize a classifier to determine the diagnostic information, and

wherein the artificial intelligence unit is trained using measurements collected by medically monitoring patients in a hospital setting.

3 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the data processing device and the display device form part of a same apparatus.

4 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device and the data processing device are configured to be installed in a motor vehicle.

5 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the data processing device is configured to utilize a classifier to make a diagnosis automatically, without human intervention.

6 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acquisition device is configured to acquire contactless measurements comprising vital signs, and thermal and visible imaging.

7 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one physiological measurement sensor comprises a radar for acquiring data relating to vital signs of the person, and wherein the acquisition device further comprises a camera operating in a visible spectrum configured to capture the examination data.

8 . The system as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the data processing device is configured to run a classifier having inputs comprising one or more of: respiratory rate, respiration amplitude, inhalation time, exhalation time, the heart rate, and arrhythmia.

9 . The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the classifier uses temperatures measured in noteworthy areas, located by processing an image captured by the acquisition device.

10 . The system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the noteworthy areas for temperature measurement comprise one or more of: an inside of a mouth of the person, on a tip of a nose of the person, on cheeks of the person, and on a palm of a hand of the person.

11 . The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the classifier uses a characterization of the person comprising one or more of: age, gender, clothing data, size, and body mass index.

12 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the examination data comprises at least one of: temperatures measured at different points of a body of the person to be examined, a respiratory characteristic, or a cardiac characteristic.

13 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the examination data comprises one or more of: an external temperature, a temperature measured on a cheek of the person, a temperature measured on a tip of a nose of the person, a maximum temperature of a face of the person, a temperature of a garment, a surface at a controlled reference temperature, a tidal volume, tremors, and a blood oxygen level.

14 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the data processing device uses a classifier for analyzing the examination data acquired and for detecting cases of diseased people, where the data processing device is trained on measurements collected by medically monitoring patients in a hospital setting.

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