System and method for health monitoring by an ear piece
AssigneeSanmina Corporation
InventorsRobert Steven Newberry, Matthew Rodencal
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Abstract
A biosensor is implemented in an earpiece and includes an activity monitoring circuit that detects an activity level of a user and an optical circuit that detects a plurality of spectral responses at a plurality of wavelengths from light reflected from skin of the user. The biosensor determines a heart rate and an oxygen saturation level using the plurality of spectral responses and determines whether the heart rate or the oxygen saturation level reaches a predetermined threshold for the activity level of the user. The biosensor generates an alert and transmits the alert wirelessly to a remote device.
Claims25
A biosensor implemented in an ear piece, comprising:
- an activity monitoring circuit in the ear piece configured to detect an activity level;
- a photoplethysmograpy (PPG) circuit in the ear piece configured to detect a plurality of spectral responses at a plurality of wavelengths from light reflected from skin of a user;
- a processing circuit configured to:
- determine the activity level indicates a period of sleep;
- determine a heart rate and an oxygen saturation level using the plurality of spectral responses;
- determine the oxygen saturation level is below a predetermined threshold;
- and
- generate an indication of sleep apnea.
A biosensor implemented in an ear piece, comprising:
- a photoplethysmograpy (PPG) circuit in the ear piece configured to detect a plurality of spectral responses at a plurality of wavelengths from light reflected from skin of a user;
- a processing circuit configured to:
- determine a heart rate, an oxygen saturation level and a concentration level of an additional substance in blood flow using the plurality of spectral responses;
- determine the heart rate, oxygen saturation level or the concentration level of the additional substance reaches one or more predetermined thresholds;
- and
- generate an alert to the user.
A biosensor implemented in an ear piece, comprising:
- an activity monitoring circuit in the ear piece configured to detect an activity level;
- a photoplethysmograpy (PPG) circuit in the ear piece configured to detect a plurality of spectral responses at a plurality of wavelengths from light reflected from skin of a user;
- a processing circuit configured to:
- determine the activity level of the user;
- determine a heart rate and an oxygen saturation level using the plurality of spectral responses;
- determine the heart rate or the oxygen saturation level reaches a predetermined threshold for the activity level of the user;
- and
- generate an alert and transmit the alert wirelessly to a remote device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.