# US 10,863,913 B2 · Bioinformation measurement device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,863,913 B2 - Document ID: US10863913B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/075,194 - Filed: 2017-01-31 - Published: 2019-02-07 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-05 - Assignees: Ts Tech Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ts Tech Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama; Takayuki Inose - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10863913B2 ## CPC - A61B 5/6893: {Cars} - A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate - A61B 5/02444: {Details of sensor (A61B5/02427 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/18: for vehicle drivers {or machine operators} - A61B 5/28: for electrocardiography [ECG] - A61B 5/282: Holders for multiple electrodes (for introduction into the body A61B5/287) - B60N 2/0022: {for sensing anthropometric parameters, e.g. heart rate or body temperature} - B60N 2/0023: {for detection of driver fatigue} - B60N 2/003: {characterised by the sensor mounting location in or on the seat} - B60N 2/0035: {characterised by the sensor data transmission, e.g. wired connections or wireless transmitters therefor; characterised by the sensor data processing, e.g. seat sensor signal amplification or electric circuits for providing seat sensor information} - B60N 2210/12: Capacitive; Electric field - B60N 2230/30: Signal processing of sensor data - B60R 16/023: for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Bioinformation of a seated person is more accurately measured. A heartbeat measurement device for measuring heartbeat of a person seated on a vehicle seat has heartbeat sensors and a circuit substrate: the heartbeat sensors have leading wires which output electric signals corresponding to a heartbeat and constitute a transmission path for the electric signals; and the circuit substrate has input terminals which receives the electric signals output from the heartbeat sensors, and a differential amplifier which amplifies the electric signals input to the input terminals. The heartbeat sensors and the circuit substrate are disposed in positions adjacent to each other in the vehicle seat, and terminal portions of the leading wires come out from portions adjacent to the circuit board of the heartbeat sensors are connected to the input terminals in a state abutting the input terminals. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device comprising: a seat; a bioinformation measurement device for measuring a bioinformation of a seated person who is seated on the seat, wherein the bioinformation measurement device comprises: a sensor which outputs an electric signal according to the bioinformation, and comprises a leading wire including a transmission path for the electric signal, and a circuit substrate comprising an input terminal connected to the leading wire of the sensor and configured to receive the electric signal from the sensor, and an amplification unit configured to amplify the electric signal input to the input terminal, the sensor and the circuit substrate are arranged on a contact face of the seat, which comes in contact with the seated person, and disposed in positions adjacent to each other in a width direction of the seat, and a terminal portion of the leading wire extends from a portion of the sensor adjacent to the circuit substrate and is connected to the input terminal in a state abutting the input terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the circuit substrate is attached to the seat to be positioned at a center of the seat in the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the bioinformation measurement device further comprises a plural number of the sensor, the plural number of the sensor are arranged across a gap in the width direction of the seat, and the circuit substrate is disposed within the gap in a state sandwiched between the sensors. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the bioinformation measurement device further comprises a guard ring disposed in a manner surrounding the sensor, and the sensor, the guard ring, and the circuit substrate are disposed in a state arranged along the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the seat comprises a seatback, and the circuit substrate is attached to the seatback to be positioned at a center of the seatback in the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the seat comprises a seat cushion, and the circuit substrate is attached to the seat cushion to be positioned at a center of the seat cushion in the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the seat comprises a seat cushion and a seatback, the sensor and the circuit substrate are attached to each of the seat cushion and the seatback, and a range where the circuit substrate attached to the seat cushion is present in the width direction of the seat, and a range where the circuit substrate attached to the seatback is present in the width direction of the seat, overlap with each other in the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 8 A device, comprising: a seat; a bioinformation measurement device for measuring a bioinformation of a seated person who is seated on the seat, wherein the bioinformation measurement device comprises: a sensor which outputs an electric signal according to the bioinformation, and comprises a leading wire including a transmission path for the electric signal; a circuit substrate comprising an input terminal connected to the leading wire of the sensor and configured to receive the electric signal from the sensor, and an amplification unit configured to amplify the electric signal input to the input terminal; and a guard ring disposed in a manner surrounding the sensor, the sensor and the circuit substrate are disposed in positions adjacent to each other in the seat, a terminal portion of the leading wire extends from a portion of the sensor adjacent to the circuit substrate and is connected to the input terminal in a state abutting the input terminal, and the sensor, the guard ring, and the circuit substrate are disposed in a state arranged along a width direction of the seat. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, wherein the circuit substrate is attached to the seat to be positioned at a center of the seat in the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, wherein the bioinformation measurement device further comprises a plural number of the sensor, the plural number of the sensor are arranged across a gap in the width direction of the seat, and the circuit substrate is disposed within the gap in a state sandwiched between the sensors. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, wherein the seat comprises a seatback, and the circuit substrate is attached to the seatback to be positioned at a center of the seatback in the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, wherein the seat comprises a seat cushion, and the circuit substrate is attached to the seat cushion to be positioned at a center of the seat cushion in the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, wherein the seat comprises a seat cushion and a seatback, the sensor and the circuit substrate are attached to each of the seat cushion and the seatback, and a range where the circuit substrate attached to the seat cushion is present in the width direction of the seat, and a range where the circuit substrate attached to the seatback is present in the width direction of the seat, overlap with each other in the width direction of the seat. ### Claim 14 A device, comprising: a seat comprising a seatback; and a bioinformation measurement device for measuring a bioinformation of a seated person who is seated on the seat, wherein the bioinformation measurement device comprises: a sensor which outputs an electric signal according to the bioinformation, and comprises a leading wire including a transmission path for the electric signal; and a circuit substrate comprising an input terminal connected to the leading wire of the sensor and configured to receive the electric signal from the sensor, and an amplification unit configured to amplify the electric signal input to the input terminal, the sensor and the circuit substrate are disposed in positions adjacent to each other in the seat, a terminal portion of the leading wire extends from a portion of the sensor adjacent to the circuit substrate and is connected to the input terminal in a state abutting the input terminal, and the circuit substrate is attached to the seatback to be positioned at a center of the seatback in a width direction of the seat. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The device according to claim 14, wherein the bioinformation measurement device further comprises a plural number of the sensor, the plural number of the sensor are arranged across a gap in the width direction of the seat, and the circuit substrate is disposed within the gap in a state sandwiched between the sensors. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The device according to claim 14, wherein the seat further comprises a seat cushion, the sensor and the circuit substrate are attached to each of the seat cushion and the seatback, and a range where the circuit substrate attached to the seat cushion is present in the width direction of the seat, and a range where the circuit substrate attached to the seatback is present in the width direction of the seat, overlap with each other in the width direction of the seat.