# US 2023/0056880 A1 · Pressing position and pressure measurement method based on photoplethysmographic imaging

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- Number: US 2023/0056880 A1
- Document ID: US20230056880A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/979,766
- Filed: 2022-11-03
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-12
- Assignees: Zhejiang Lab
- Applicants: Zhejiang Lab
- Inventors: Ruofan WANG; Chiye LI; Junhui SHI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230056880A1

## CPC

- A61B 5/0295: using plethysmography, i.e. measuring the variations in the volume of a body part as modified by the circulation of blood therethrough, e.g. impedance plethysmography
- A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens}
- A61B 5/1128: {using image analysis (A61B5/1127 takes precedence)}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

A pressing position and pressure measurement method based on PPG (photoplethysmographic) imaging, which only needs a camera to locate multiple pressing areas and measure corresponding pressure values without a pressure sensor. Before the measurement starts, only a simple calibration work is needed. With the gradual increase of the pressing pressure, the characteristics of PPG signals corresponding to diastolic pressure and systolic pressure will disappear one by one, and by recording two sets of pressure values and the corresponding PPG signal intensity values, the relation curve of the pressure versus blood perfusion changes can be fitted. Through this relation curve, the pressure values corresponding to different blood PPG signal intensities can be obtained. Different from the traditional technical route, the present disclosure provides a non-contact measurement method for determining the pressing location and measuring the pressure through a camera.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pressing position and pressure measurement method based on PPG (photoplethysmographic) imaging, comprising:
step (1): placing a camera that covers a pressing area to be detected, collecting video by the camera, and measuring a blood perfusion change from a change of a PPG signal intensity of the pressing area to be detected in an image channel of each video frame, so as to measure a change of a blood perfusion in a tissue blood vessel in the pressing area of a human limb;
step (2): carrying out calibration before the measurement starts; touching the pressing area with a finger and gradually increasing a pressure; with the increase of the pressing pressure, obtaining PPG signal intensities under different pressures, so that the PPG signal characteristics of a diastolic pressure and a systolic pressure disappear sequentially; firstly, recording a corresponding PPG signal intensity v1 and a diastolic pressure p1 as the PPG signal characteristics of the diastolic pressure disappear; with the increase of the pressing pressure, recording a corresponding PPG signal intensity v2 and a systolic pressure p2 as the PPG signal characteristics of the systolic pressure disappear; obtaining a waveform change diagram of the PPG signal intensity in the pressing area, wherein when the characteristics of the PPG signal intensities of the systolic pressure and the diastolic pressure disappear, respectively, the corresponding diastolic pressure p1 and systolic pressure p2 are applied pressure values; completing the calibration;
step (3): fitting an approximate relation curve of the pressure versus the blood perfusion change: according to the waveform change diagram of the PPG signal intensity in the pressing area obtained in step (2), determining a moment when different applied pressures are equivalent to the diastolic pressure and the systolic pressure; according to the corresponding relation between the two groups of PPG signals obtained in step (2) and the applied pressures, obtaining by fitting the approximate relation curve of the change of the PPG signals versus the applied pressure; and
step (4): locating the pressing position and measuring the pressure, and obtaining the pressing position and the applied pressure values according to the approximate relation curve of the change of the PPG signals versus the applied pressure obtained in step (3).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pressing position and pressure measurement method based on PPG imaging according to claim 1, wherein the relation between the change of the PPG signals and the applied pressure in step (3) is determined by a compliance.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The pressing position and pressure measurement method based on PPG imaging according to claim 1, wherein the step (4) specifically comprises: identifying pressing areas of multi-point pressing by a camera, applying the relation curve of the applied pressure versus the change of a blood PPG signal intensity, and obtaining each pressing position and the pressure value corresponding to each pressing position according to the relation curve.