A61B5/6897

Non-interdependent displacement measuring device for converting rotary motion to linear motion
11555686 · 2023-01-17 · ·

A non-interdependent displacement measuring device for converting a rotary motion to a linear motion is disclosed, which includes a driving unit, a detection unit, and a resistance device. The driving unit includes an adjustment section and a driving section. The detection unit is arranged in the adjustment section. The driving section is connected to the resistance device. The detection unit includes a sensing module and a transmission module, and the detection unit is arranged in the adjustment section, so that when the adjustment section rotates, the detection unit detects turns and an angle of rotation of the adjustment section to generate a detection signal, which, after being subjected to calculation, is transmitted through the transmission module to the electronic device to display the level of an resistance, so as to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art that accuracy is poor, calibration is difficult, and fabrication is difficult due to a magnet and a sensor being arranged as two separate parts.

Display device and data monitoring method

A display device includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, a plurality of a light-emitting units arranged at the display region; a touch circuit connected to the display panel, and configured to detect touch information when the display panel is touched; a control circuit connected to the touch circuit and the display panel, and configured to control a corresponding light-emitting unit to emit a predetermined light beam in response to the touch information; a photosensing circuit connected to the display panel and the control circuit, and configured to sense the predetermined light beam and convert it into an electric signal; and a data processor connected to the control circuit and the display panel, and configured to process the electric signal acquired by the photosensing circuit through conversion to acquire monitoring data, and display the monitoring data on the display panel.

Powered communication system for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
11567584 · 2023-01-31 ·

A powered communication system comprises an improved layout of keys configured to treat, mitigate, or delay the onset and reduce the severity of symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and other pathologies by reducing movement of a user's fingers during typing. A layout of the powered communication system comprises the most-used letters on a home or center row while retaining a plurality of keys in the same placement as the QWERTY keyboard. The powered communication system further comprises customizable function keys to further reduce finger movement and at least one sensor to monitor a user's health while typing.

Apparatus and method for measuring bio-information

An apparatus for measuring bio-information may include: a pulse wave sensor comprising at least one pair of light emitters which are disposed apart from each other and a light receiver disposed between the at least one pair of light emitters, and configured to measure a plurality of pulse wave signals from an object by using the light receiver and the at least one pair of light emitters; a force sensor configured to measure a contact force that is applied to the pulse wave sensor by the object; and a processor configured to generate an integrated pulse wave signal by integrating the plurality of pulse wave signals based on the contact force and an area of a contact surface of the pulse wave sensor, and estimate bio-information of the object based on the integrated pulse wave signal.

Electronic device, blood pressure measurement method of electronic device and blood pressure measurement system

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include: a communication interface configured to receive, from a touch pen, force information about a force of the touch pen exerted onto an object when the object is in contact with the touch pen; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure a pulse wave of the object when the object is brought into contact with the electronic device by the force of the touch pen; and a processor configured to estimate a blood pressure of the object based on the force information and the pulse wave.

Device and method for liveness detection

A device for liveness detection is disclosed. The liveness detecting device has a simplest structure that principally comprises a light sensing unit and a signal processing module. Particularly, the signal processing module is configured for having a physiological feature extracting unit and a liveness detecting unit therein. The physiological feature extracting unit is adopted for extracting a first physiological feature from a PPG signal, or extracting a second physiological feature from the PPG signal that has been applied with a signal process. As such, through the first and second physiological features, the liveness detecting unit is able to determine whether a subject is a living body or not. The liveness detecting device does not use any camera unit and iPPG technology, such that the liveness detecting device has advantages of simple structure, low cost and immediately completing liveness detection.

Touch pen, electronic device, and apparatus and method for measuring bio-information

An electronic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a touch screen. The electronic device includes a communication interface that may receive, from a touch pen, a pulse wave signal of a user which is measured from a finger of the user by the touch pen while the touch pen is placed on the touch screen. The electronic device includes a processor that may determine whether a measurement posture of the user is appropriate based on whether the finger touches the touch screen, and in response to determining that the user's measurement posture is appropriate, estimate bio-information of the user based on the received pulse wave signal.

TOUCH PRESSURE INPUT FOR DEVICES
20220350419 · 2022-11-03 ·

A computing device, such as a wearable device, may include at least two electrodes mounted on a body. The computing device may determine an electrical signal associated with a circuit that includes the at least two electrodes and the user. A pressure applied to at least one electrode of the at least two electrodes may be determined from the electrical signal, and at least one function of the computing device may be implemented, based on the pressure.

DEMENTIA DETERMINATION SYSTEM
20220346708 · 2022-11-03 ·

A dementia determination system includes: an obtainer that obtains a consecutive press ratio which is a ratio of a total number of consecutive presses of a button of an operating device to a total number of presses of the button of the operating device, the consecutive presses being presses of the button made at time intervals each shorter than or equal to a reference time interval, the operating device being used by a user to operate an electric device; a determiner that determines a dementia level of the user based on the consecutive press ratio obtained by the obtainer; and an outputter that outputs dementia information indicating the dementia level determined by the determiner, wherein the determiner determines that the dementia level is higher as the consecutive press ratio is higher.

Methods and Systems for Analyzing Skin and Providing Information Via a Graphical User Interface (GUI)

An example computer-implemented method for analyzing skin of a user comprises requesting, via a graphical user interface (GUI), visual media including a face of the user, processing the visual media to generate information for each of a plurality of skin conditions of the face of the user and the information comprises a score per each of a plurality of zones of the face of the user per each of the plurality of skin conditions of the face of the user, mapping the score to a severity level associated with the plurality of skin conditions, and for each of the plurality of skin conditions, the GUI overlaying computer graphics at locations onto the visual media corresponding to the plurality of zones of the face of the user. The computer graphics are depicted with a color associated with the severity level for the skin condition at each of the locations.