Systems and methods for blood glucose and other analyte detection and measurement using collision computing

A system for determining concentration of glucose in a tissue sample, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit comprising at least one of the first processor and a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory and a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• (a) obtain energy absorbed by glucose from energy directed to the tissue sample as a result of a collision between two co-dependent waveforms;
• and
• (b) project the energy absorbed by glucose to a glucose concentration.

A system for measuring a property associated with an information signal, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit comprising at least one of the first processor and a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory and a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• collide using a collision grid a first conditioned feature waveform that at least partially represents a property of the information signal with an original Zyoton, comprising a waveform that without a collision travels substantially unperturbed at a selected velocity in a substantially constant propagation medium at least over a length of a space-time grid, to obtain a first modified Zyoton, the first conditioned feature waveform and the original Zyoton being constructed to:
• (i) be co-dependent, and (ii) transfer the property of the information signal to the first modified Zyoton through the collision.

A method for enabling extraction of a property of an element of a specified environment, the method comprising:

• selecting using at least one of:
• (i) at least one waveform family, and (ii) at least one waveform generator, a set of frequency components for an analyte-information-representing band and a set of frequency components for a non-analyte-information-representing band;
• and
• synthesizing a Zyoton by combining the set of frequency components selected for the analyte-information-representing band and the set of frequency components selected for the non-analyte-information representing band, wherein:
• at least one frequency component in the set of frequency components for the analyte-information-representing band corresponds to a property to be extracted;
• at least one of the frequency components for the non-analyte-information representing band does not correspond significantly to the property to be extracted;
• and
• the selected set of frequency components of the waveform family allow the Zyoton to propagate through a substantially constant propagation medium over a length of a collision grid without substantial change in morphology thereof.

A method for enabling extraction of a property of an element of a specified environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a representative spectral signal from a data-collection domain, the representative spectral signal indicating a property of the element of the specified environment;
• generating a Zyoton from at least one waveform family, the at least one waveform family being independent of the data-collection domain;
• and
• generating a co-dependent carrier kernel for conditioning at least one feature corresponding to the representative spectral signal.

A system for enabling extraction of a property of an element of a specified environment, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit comprising at least one of the first processor and a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory and a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• select using at least one of:
• (i) at least one waveform family, and (ii) at least one waveform generator, a set of frequency components for an analyte-information-representing band and a set of frequency components for a non-analyte-information representing band;
• and
• synthesize a Zyoton by combining the set of frequency components selected for the analyte-information-representing band and the set of frequency components selected for the non-analyte-information-representing band, wherein:
• at least one frequency component in the set of frequency components for the analyte-information-representing band corresponds to a property to be extracted;
• at least one of the frequency components for the non-analyte-information-representing band does not correspond significantly to the property to be extracted;
• and
• the selected set of frequency components of the waveform family allow the Zyoton to propagate through a substantially constant propagation medium over a length of a collision grid without substantial change in morphology thereof.

A system for enabling extraction of a property of an element of a specified environment, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit comprising at least one of the first processor and a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory and a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• receive a representative spectral signal from a data-collection domain, the representative spectral signal indicating a property of the element of the specified environment;
• generate a Zyoton from at least one waveform family, the at least one waveform family being independent of the data-collection domain;
• and
• generate a co-dependent carrier kernel for conditioning at least one feature corresponding to the representative spectral signal.

A system of quantitating an analyte, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit comprising at least one of the first processor and a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory and a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• receive an energy change value to be mapped, the energy change value corresponding to an uncharacterized sample;
• and
• map the energy change value to be mapped to a quantity of an analyte in the uncharacterized sample, via an individual projector curve associating:
• (i) energy change values obtained from a synthetic reference system to analyte quantities of the reference system, and (ii) energy change values obtained from a non-synthetic reference system to the analyte quantities of the reference system.

A method for calibrating a measurement system for non-invasive analyte measurement, the method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining from a selected plurality of synthetic medium samples, each having a reference analyte concentration, a plurality of energy-value sets from the measurement system, each energy value in a particular energy-value set corresponding to a respective reference analyte concentration from the selected plurality of synthetic medium samples;
• generating a composite projector curve using the plurality of energy value sets and the plurality of reference analyte concentrations;
• and
• partitioning the composite projector curve into a set of non-overlapping individual projector curves according to a set of slopes of the composite projector curve, each individual projector curve being identified by a lower bound analyte concentration and an upper bound analyte concentration.

A system for calibrating a measurement system for non-invasive analyte measurement, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit comprising at least one of the first processor and a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory and a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• obtain from a selected plurality of synthetic medium samples, each having a reference analyte concentration, a plurality of energy-value sets from the measurement system, each energy value in a particular energy-value set corresponding to a respective reference analyte concentration from the selected plurality of synthetic medium samples;
• generate a composite projector curve using the plurality of energy value sets and the plurality of reference analyte concentrations;
• and
• partition the composite projector curve into a set of non-overlapping individual projector curves according to a set of slopes of the composite projector curve, each individual projector curve being identified by a lower bound analyte concentration and an upper bound analyte concentration.

A system of computing analyte concentration in a medium, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit comprising at least one of the first processor and a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory and a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• select a member of a projector curve set according to a normalized absorption gradient (NAG) value, such that the NAG value is within a range of minimum and maximum NAG values associated with that member;
• and
• interpolate analyte concentration using a slope and an intercept of the selected member.

A method for generating features for measurement of heart beats, the method comprising:

• receiving a signal based on one of reflected and transmitted radiation from a tissue during a global time interval starting at a global start time and ending at a global end time;
• designating a first portion of the signal starting at the global start time and ending at a first end time less than the global end time as a first feature;
• designating a second portion of the signal starting at the global start time and ending at a second end time greater than the first end time as a second feature;
• and
• identifying a start of a heart-beat cycle within the first feature.

A system for generating features for measurement of heart beats, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit comprising at least one of the first processor and a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory and a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• receive a signal based on one of reflected and transmitted radiation from a tissue during a global time interval starting at a global start time and ending at a global end time;
• designate a first portion of the signal starting at the global start time and ending at a first end time less than the global end time as a first feature;
• designate a second portion of the signal starting at the global start time and ending at a second end time greater than the first end time as a second feature;
• and
• identify a start of a heart-beat cycle within the first feature.