Method and Device for the Passive Recording of the Electrocardiogram while Working at a Desk
OwnerMohammad Mahdi Ghassemi, Julian Euma Ishii-Rousseauinventors
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Abstract
The invention comprises a system that monitors heart activity through embedded ECG sensors in a desk, and desk-related amenities such as a chair, a computer keyboard, a mouse, and a floor mat. The invention also comprises pressure sensors for monitoring a user's presence at the desk. Signals measured from the ECG or pressure sensors are transmitted (in a wired, or wireless fashion) to a computer processing device which applies algorithms to refine the collected signals, and passively estimate the user's ECG.
Claims5
A desk for the measurement of heart electrical activity, the desk comprising:
- a. one or more electrically conductive sheets;
- b. one or more interface junctions and system of wires that routes electrical activity measured on the conductive sheets to a computer processing device;
- c. an electrical outlet;
- d. a computer processing device.
- wherein the computer processing device comprises:
- a. an amplifier;
- b. a central processing unit;
- c. random access memory;
- d. disk storage;
- e. a wireless receiver;
- f. an optocoupler.
A chair for the measurement of heart electrical activity and a user's presence, the chair comprising:
- a. one or more electrically conductive sheets;
- b. one or more interface junctions and system of wires that routes electrical activity measured on the conductive sheets to a Bluetooth transmission device;
- c. one or more pressure panels;
- d. a system of wires that routes activity measured on the pressure panels to a Bluetooth transmission device;
- e. a Bluetooth transmission system.
A keyboard for the measurement of heart electrical activity, the keyboard comprising:
- a. one or more keyboard keys;
- b. an ECG transmission board;
- c. a key-logging circuit board;
- d. one or more electrically conductive cylinders embedded in each key
- e. one or more cylindrical interface junctions that routes electrical activity through a printed circuit board;
- f. a system of wires that that routes electrical activity from the printed circuit board to a computer processing device.
A mouse for the measurement of heart electrical activity, the mouse comprising:
- a. one or more electrically conductive sheets;
- b. one or more interface junctions and system of wires that routes electrical activity measured on the conductive sheets to a computer processing device.
A mat for the measurement of heart electrical activity, the mat comprising:
- a. one or more electrically conductive areas;
- b. one or more interface junctions and system of wires that routes electrical activity measured on the conductive areas to a computer processing device;
- c. an electrical outlet;
- d. one or more metallic fibers that act as one or more of the following:
- weft, warp, nap, pile, or knots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.