Vehicular health monitoring system and method
AssigneeTrilinear Bioventures, LLC
InventorRobert Steven Newberry
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a control system for controlling one or more operations of the vehicle. A touchpoint integrated in the vehicle is configured to receive PPG signals reflected from skin of an occupant, wherein the PPG signals are at a plurality of wavelengths. A processing circuit is configured to determine a signal quality of at least one of the PPG signals and generate one or more of: a visible feedback, an audible feedback or a tactile feedback in response the signal quality of the at least one PPG signal. The PPG signals to obtain health information of a user and generate a health message to the control system of the vehicle in response to the health information, wherein the control system controls one or more operations of the vehicle in response to the health message.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle control button including a biosensor, the biosensor comprising:
- a transceiver configured to communicate with a vehicle;
- a PPG circuit configured to detect light at a touchpoint that is reflected from skin of a finger of an occupant of the vehicle and to generate a first photoplethysmography (PPG) signal, wherein the light includes at least a first wavelength;
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- a processing circuit, configured to:
- process the first PPG signal to determine a signal quality of the first PPG signal;
- generate first feedback to the occupant of the vehicle that includes one or more of:
- a visible feedback, an audible feedback or a tactile feedback in response to the signal quality of the first PPG signal, wherein the feedback includes a request for an adjustment of a position of the finger with respect to the touchpoint;
- obtain health information of the occupant using the first PPG signal, wherein the health information includes a heart rate;
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- generate a health message to the vehicle or the occupant of the vehicle including the health information.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a control system for controlling one or more operations of the vehicle;
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- a biosensor including at least one processing circuit, the at least one processing circuit configured to:
- receive photoplethysmography (PPG) signals that are generated using light reflected from or transmitted through a finger of an occupant of the vehicle, wherein the PPG signals are at a plurality of wavelengths;
- determine a signal quality of one or more of the PPG signals is below a threshold;
- initiate feedback that indicates to adjust a position of the finger with respect to a sensor, wherein the feedback includes one or more of:
- a visible feedback, an audible feedback or a tactile feedback and wherein the feedback is generated using an audio system of the vehicle or a display of the vehicle;
- process the PPG signals to obtain health information of the occupant of the vehicle, wherein the health information includes a heart rate and a level of a blood component in blood flow of the occupant of the vehicle;
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- generate a health message to the control system of the vehicle in response to the health information.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a control system for controlling one or more operations of the vehicle;
- a biosensor integrated in the vehicle configured to generate a plurality of PPG signals, wherein the plurality of PPG signals is generated using light detected at a touchpoint integrated in the vehicle that is reflected from or transmitted through a body part of an occupant, wherein the plurality of PPG signals are at a plurality of wavelengths;
- one or more processing circuits configured to:
- determine a signal quality of at least a first PPG signal fails to meet a predetermined tolerance limit;
- initiate feedback that indicates an adjustment of a pressure of the body part on the touchpoint, wherein the feedback includes one or more of:
- a visible feedback, an audible feedback or a tactile feedback;
- process one or more of the plurality of PPG signals to obtain health information of the occupant, wherein the health information includes a heart rate and a level of a blood component in blood flow;
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- generate a health message to the control system of the vehicle in response to the health information, wherein the control system controls one or more operations of the vehicle in response to the health message;
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- a display integrated in the vehicle configured to receive the health information and display the health information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.