Detection and compensation method for monitoring the place of activity on the body
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsAnnelies Goris, Maarten Peter Bodlaender
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Abstract
A measuring system comprises a sensor arranged to be attached to a subject for obtaining a measured value representing a physical or a physiological quantity of the subject. The measuring system further comprises a microprocessor for deriving a subject-related value from the measured value. The sensor is arranged to be attached at one of a plurality of positions on the subject. The measuring system further comprises a microprocessor for establishing the position of the sensor on the subject. The microprocessor for deriving the subject-related value is arranged for deriving the subject-related value also in dependence on the position of the sensor on the subject.
Claims20
A measuring system comprising:
- a sensor arranged to be attached at any one of a plurality of positions on a body of a subject for obtaining a measured value representing a physical or a physiological quantity of the subject;
- and
- a processor coupled to said sensor, said processor being arranged to:
- determine one of the plurality of positions on the subject to which the sensor is attached by analyzing the measured value for features that are position-dependent, and
- derive a subject-related value from the measured value, where the derivation of the subject-related value also depends on the one of the plurality of positions of the sensor on the subject.
A measuring system comprising:
- a sensor arranged to be attached at any one of a plurality of positions on a body of a subject for obtaining a measured value representing a physical or a physiological quantity of the subject;
- and
- a processor coupled to said sensor, said processor being arranged to determine one of the plurality of positions on the subject to which the sensor is attached by analyzing the measured value for features that are position-dependent,
- wherein said processor is further arranged:
- to convert the measured value into an estimated measured value related to a reference position on the subject, and
- to derive a subject-related value from the estimated measured value.
A method of deriving a value relating to a subject, the method comprising:
- attaching a sensor to any one of a plurality of positions on the subject;
- obtaining, in a processor, at least one measured value from the sensor attached to the subject, the measured value representing a physical or a physiological quantity of the subject;
- determining, using the processor, the one of the plurality of positions on the subject to which the sensor is attached by analyzing the measured value for features that are position-dependent;
- and
- deriving, using the processor, a subject-related value from the measured value in dependence on the one of the plurality of positions of the sensor on the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.