CN209474599U

CN209474599U - Multipurpose physiology-detecting system

Info

Publication number: CN209474599U
Application number: CN201820218131.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周常安
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2018-02-07
Filing date: 2018-02-07
Publication date: 2019-10-11
Anticipated expiration: 2028-02-07

Abstract

The utility model relates to a kind of multipurpose physiology-detecting systems, wherein, in one embodiment, the multipurpose physiology-detecting system can be in being set on finger, and physiology monitoring is carried out during sleeping, to understand the physiologic information during sleep, in addition, also it can be set to the other parts of body by another wear structure, and then obtains other physiologic informations.Furthermore in another embodiment, which be applied in biofeedback program, to allow user to carry out body and mind by way of self-consciousness regulation and loosen, and then achieve the effect that improve sleep quality.

Description

Multipurpose physiological detection system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a multi-purpose physiological detection device and system, and more particularly, to a multi-purpose physiological detection device and system that can be selectively installed at different body parts by a user to obtain different physiological signals and/or different types of physiological signals at different parts, and can be applied to different fields.

Background

Wearable physiological sensing devices have become increasingly popular and are gradually incorporated into modern people's daily lives.

For example, a wrist-worn physiological monitoring device is a common and popular wearable physiological monitoring device, and many people wear the device in daily life, for example, to record their heart rate changes or activities, which is a wearing form widely accepted by consumers; in addition, when the wrist-type exercise device is used in a sport period, the upper arm wearing mode is also a commonly used mode, and can be matched with music playing, and the wrist shaking motion is relatively large, so that the upper arm is a position which is not influenced if activities need to be recorded; furthermore, there are also ear-worn physiological monitoring devices, for example, in combination with earphones, to allow the user to naturally acquire physiological signals during the activities of daily living. In addition, physiological monitoring during sleep is also gaining importance, for example, wrist-worn devices and/or finger-worn devices have been used to detect sleep quality during sleep. In addition, there is also an increasing demand for physiological feedback applications to implement their physiological detection using wearable devices.

Based on the different needs of each person, a single device may be used to meet the needs, or multiple devices may be needed to detect various physiological signals, and when there are multiple needs, the user may purchase additional physiological detection devices according to different needs, which increases the cost, or may choose from multiple needs to purchase only the selected physiological detection device, so that the user cannot obtain the required physiological information comprehensively.

Therefore, if a multi-purpose physiological detection device can be provided, so that a user can set up different body parts according to different requirements to obtain different physiological signals accordingly, and further perform detection during different periods of use, and/or perform different physiological detection or application programs, it will be a more cost-effective choice for consumers.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a multipurpose physiology detection device and system, it utilizes single casing can reach the effect of obtaining physiological information in the different positions of health, possesses cost-effect.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a multi-purpose physiology inspection device, which can achieve the effect of acquiring physiology signals even if the device is disposed at different body positions by the design of the disposition position of the physiology sensing element.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a multipurpose physiological detection device, which can be set at different positions of the body by combining with different wearing structures, and further obtain different physiological signals.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a multipurpose physiological detection device, which is wearable and can be used during sleep and/or during physiological feedback to help a user to understand his/her sleep physiological status and/or to perform self-conscious regulation.

The utility model provides a multipurpose physiology detecting system for carry out physiology monitoring during sleep, include: a physiological signal capturing unit, comprising: a housing; a physiological signal capturing circuit, at least partially accommodated in the housing; and a light sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit and arranged on the surface of the shell; a finger-worn structure for being disposed on a finger of a user; and another wearing structure for being combined with another body part of the user other than the upper limb of the hand, wherein the shell can be selectively combined with one of the finger wearing structure and the another wearing structure; when the shell is combined with the finger wearing structure, the optical sensor is arranged at a position which can contact the finger, so as to obtain the blood physiological signal of the user from the finger and further know the blood oxygen concentration change; and the blood oxygen concentration variation is used for analyzing the breathing condition of the user during the sleep period as a basis for providing the SDB information of the related sleep breathing disorder; and when the shell is combined with the other wearing structure, the physiological signal acquisition unit is used for acquiring physiological information of the user from the other body part.

The utility model provides a multipurpose physiology detecting system for carry out physiology monitoring during sleep, include: a physiological signal capturing unit, comprising: a housing; a physiological signal capturing circuit, at least partially accommodated in the housing; a light sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit and arranged on the surface of the shell; a memory accommodated in the shell; and a wireless transmission module for wirelessly communicating with an external device; and a finger-worn structure for carrying the physiological signal capturing unit and being disposed on a finger of a user, wherein when the finger-worn structure is disposed on the finger, the optical sensor is disposed at a position where the optical sensor contacts the finger so as to measure a change in blood oxygen concentration of the user from the finger; wherein, during sleep monitoring, the measured blood oxygen concentration changes are stored in the memory; and the blood oxygen concentration variation is used for analyzing the breathing condition of the user during the sleep period, thereby obtaining the relevant information of the sleep respiratory disorder SDB; and the external device wirelessly receives the sleep disordered breathing related information to provide the information to the user.

The utility model provides a multipurpose physiology detecting system, include: a multi-purpose physiological detection device comprising: a finger-worn structure, which is used for arranging the multi-purpose physiological detection device on a finger of a user; a physiological signal capturing circuit; a physiological signal sensing element electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit; and a wireless transmission module; and an information providing unit, wherein, during a physiological feedback procedure of the user, the physiological signal sensing element is constructed to obtain at least one autonomic nerve related physiological information from the finger and provide the physiological information to the user in real time through the information providing unit, so as to facilitate the user to perform a self-conscious regulation and control and further trigger a relaxation response of the body; and during the sleep period of the user, the physiological signal sensing element is constructed to acquire sleep physiological state related information from the finger.

The utility model provides a multipurpose physiology detecting system, include: a physiological signal capturing unit, comprising: a housing; a physiological signal capturing circuit at least partially disposed in the housing; and at least one optical sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit and arranged on the surface of the shell; a finger-worn structure for being disposed on a finger of a user; and a wrist-worn structure for being disposed at a wrist of the user, wherein the housing is configured to be selectively coupled to one of the finger-worn structure and the wrist-worn structure; and wherein the at least one light sensor is configured to obtain at least the change in blood oxygen concentration of the user from the finger when the housing is disposed on the finger in combination with the finger-worn structure; and the at least one light sensor is configured to obtain at least heart rate information of the user from the wrist when the housing is disposed at the wrist in combination with the wrist-worn structure.

The utility model provides a multipurpose physiology detecting system is applied to in a physiology repayment procedure, include: a multi-purpose physiological detection device comprising: a finger-worn structure for placing the multi-purpose physiological detection device on a finger of a user; a physiological signal capturing circuit; and a temperature sensing element electrically connected to the physiological signal acquisition circuit and configured to acquire temperature information of the user from the finger; and an information providing unit, wherein, during the physiological feedback process, the body temperature information is constructed to be provided to the user in real time through the information providing unit, so as to facilitate the user to perform self-conscious regulation and control, and further trigger a relaxation response of the body.

The utility model provides a multipurpose physiology detecting system is applied to in a physiology repayment procedure, include: a multi-purpose physiological detection device comprising: a finger-worn structure for placing the multi-purpose physiological detection device on a finger of a user; a physiological signal capturing circuit; a light sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal acquisition circuit and configured to acquire heart rate information from the finger; and at least two electrodermal electrodes electrically connected to the physiological signal acquisition circuit and configured to acquire electrodermal signals from the finger; and an information providing unit in wireless communication with the multi-purpose physiological detection device, wherein during the physiological feedback process, at least one notification message generated based on the heart rate information and the electrodermal signal is configured to be provided to the user in real time through the information providing unit, so as to facilitate the user to perform self-conscious regulation and control, thereby triggering a relaxation response of the body.

The utility model provides a multipurpose physiology detecting system for carry out physiology monitoring during sleep, include: a physiological signal capturing unit, comprising: a housing; a physiological signal capturing circuit, at least partially accommodated in the housing; a light sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit, arranged on the surface of the shell and at least two electric contact areas and electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit; and a head-wearing structure for carrying the physiological signal capturing unit and being disposed on a head of a user, comprising: at least two electrodes configured to be positioned on a surface that can contact the skin of the head when disposed on the head; when the head-wearing structure bears the physiological signal acquisition unit, the at least two electric contact areas are electrically connected with the at least two electrodes, so that the physiological signal acquisition circuit can acquire an electroencephalogram signal of the user through the at least two electrodes; the physiological signal acquisition circuit further obtains the blood oxygen concentration change of the user through the optical sensor; and wherein the EEG signal and the blood oxygen concentration variation are used for analyzing the sleep physiological state of the user.

Drawings

FIG. 1 shows a schematic circuit diagram of a multi-purpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention;

FIGS. 2A-2B illustrate the manner in which the optical sensor obtains physiological information from blood;

FIGS. 3A-3C are schematic diagrams illustrating a preferred embodiment of the multipurpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention in a finger-worn form;

FIGS. 4A-4B illustrate other preferred embodiments of the multi-purpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a multi-purpose physiological monitor according to the present invention, which is preferably implemented in a head-mounted manner;

FIGS. 6A-6C are schematic diagrams illustrating a preferred embodiment of the multipurpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention in an ear-worn form;

FIGS. 7A-7B are schematic diagrams illustrating the operation of the multipurpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention in an ear worn mode;

FIGS. 8A-8C are schematic diagrams illustrating another embodiment of the multi-purpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention;

FIGS. 9A-9C are schematic diagrams illustrating a preferred embodiment of the multi-purpose physiological monitor of the present invention in a form of being worn on the head and the ears;

FIGS. 10A-10B illustrate another preferred embodiment of the multi-purpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention;

FIGS. 11A-11F are schematic diagrams illustrating a preferred embodiment of the multipurpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention in a finger-worn form;

FIGS. 12A-12B are schematic diagrams illustrating a preferred embodiment of the multipurpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention in a head-mounted form;

FIGS. 13A-13B are schematic diagrams illustrating a preferred embodiment of the multipurpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention in a neck worn configuration;

FIGS. 14A-14B are schematic diagrams illustrating a preferred embodiment of the multi-purpose physiological monitor device according to the present invention in a wrist-worn form; and

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the multipurpose physiological monitor according to the present invention, which is worn on a finger.

Description of the symbols in the drawings

100. 500 lower surface of housing 101, 502

110 physiological signal extraction circuit 120, 330, 332, 810, 910 electrode

122. 340, 522 light sensor

200. 600a, 600b, 600c, 600d, 600e finger wear structure

310. 312, 410, 420 earwear structure

314 connecting wire 316 elongate member

400. 700 headgear 504 upper surface

506. 508 side surface

510a, 510b, 512a, 512b, 514 electrical contact areas

710 bond structure 740 extended electrode

800 neck-worn structure 900 wrist-worn structure

Detailed Description

In the concept of the present invention, in order to achieve the purpose of multi-purpose, the adopted means is to concentrate the circuits, elements, physiological sensing elements, etc. required for detecting physiological signals on the same casing as much as possible, so that the setting position or setting mode of the casing can be easily changed only by changing the wearing structure, and then different physiological signals can be obtained.

Accordingly, the multi-purpose physiology inspection device of the present invention has a housing as a main body, mainly used for accommodating the circuit/device and installing the physiology sensing device. As shown in fig. 1, the multi-purpose physiology inspection device according to the present invention comprises a physiology signal capturing circuit 110 electrically connected to physiology sensing elements, such as electrodes and/or optical sensors, for obtaining physiology signals, wherein the physiology signal capturing circuit includes all the necessary circuits and elements for obtaining physiology signals, such as a processor, an analog signal processor, an analog-to-digital converter, a filter, a memory, a battery, etc., which are well known to those skilled in the art and thus will not be described herein; in addition, if there is a wireless transmission requirement, for example, for transmitting the acquired physiological signal to an external device, a wireless transmission module may be further included, or the memory may be implemented in a removable form. Therefore, different circuits, elements, and/or modules can be disposed according to actual requirements, which all belong to the scope of the present invention without limitation.

The type of the physiological sensing element is not limited, and can be determined according to the actual requirement. For example, the system may only include at least two signal-capturing electrodes to obtain electrophysiological signals, such as electrocardiographic signals, electroencephalographic signals, electrooculographic signals, electromyographic signals, electrodermal signals, etc., or only include an optical sensor to obtain blood physiological information, such as heart rate, blood flow, etc., when there is one light source, blood oxygen concentration, etc., when there are more than two light sources, or may include both signal-capturing electrodes and optical sensor, and thus, there is no limitation.

It should be noted that, in general, when the electrophysiological signals are captured, a signal capture electrode and a ground electrode are often disposed, wherein the signal-capturing electrode is used for obtaining electrophysiological signals, and the grounding electrode is used for removing background noise, all the electrodes described in this document belong to the signal-extracting electrodes, but in order to avoid the overlength of words, in the following description, the "electrode" is used to represent the "signal extracting electrode", and the arrangement of the grounding electrode is generally selectively performed according to actual requirements, so that the detailed description is omitted herein, in addition, for the sake of simplifying the description, when the electrode is used to obtain a specific kind of electrophysiological signals, it will be directly described as the electrode of the kind of electrophysiological signals, for example, electrocardio-electrodes, electroencephalogram electrodes, electro-oculogram electrodes, electromyogram electrodes, skin electrode, etc.

In addition, the electrodes described herein are generally known as conductive materials capable of sensing spontaneous potential differences of human body, such as metal, conductive fiber, conductive rubber, conductive silicone, etc., so that only the arrangement position, arrangement mode, shape, etc. of the electrodes will be described in the following description.

The optical sensor is a sensor having both a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and the light emitted from the light emitting element enters the tissue of the human body, and the light is received by the light receiving element after penetrating the blood in the blood vessel or being reflected by the blood, and then the physiological information of the blood is obtained by obtaining the volume change of the light.

Generally, when the blood physiological information is obtained by the penetration method, as shown in fig. 2A, the light emitting device and the light receiving device are respectively disposed on two sides of the measurement site, such as a finger, and when the blood physiological information is obtained by the reflection method, as shown in fig. 2B, the light emitting device and the light receiving device are disposed on the same side of the measurement site, such as a finger.

In addition, even if the form of the replaceable wearing structure is adopted, the physiological sensing element can be disposed on the wearing structure without limitation, and the advantage of this can be achieved by replacing the wearing structure, for example, various options such as replacing the type of the physiological sensing element, increasing or decreasing the number of the physiological sensing elements, changing the disposition position of the physiological sensing element, and the like, which is also quite advantageous, and the detailed embodiment will be described later.

First, in the concept of the first aspect of the present invention, a finger-based multipurpose design is selected.

The advantage of selecting a finger-worn form is that this location is a well-accepted place of setting in daily life, many people have the habit of wearing rings, do not need an adaptation process, and are not obtrusive during use.

As shown in fig. 3A-3B, a finger-worn structure 200 carries a housing 100, and the housing is provided with physiological sensing elements, such as electrodes and/or optical sensors, wherein, when implemented as electrodes, two electrodes 120 can be disposed on the surface of the housing that can be contacted with fingers (as shown in fig. 3A) to obtain electrodermal signals, electromyographic signals, and the like; alternatively, as shown in fig. 3B, one electrode 120 may be disposed on the surface that will contact with the finger, and another electrode 120 may be disposed on the surface that does not contact with the finger, so as to obtain the electrocardiographic signals by contacting different parts of the body respectively; in addition, when implemented as an optical sensor, the optical sensor may be disposed on a surface of the housing that faces the finger, and ensure that light for sensing can enter the finger to obtain the blood physiological information from the finger through the optical sensor during wearing, or the optical sensor may be disposed on a surface of the housing that faces outward to obtain the blood physiological information by contacting another body part, for example, another hand; in addition, the present invention can also be implemented by disposing the electrodes and the light sensors at the same time, in this case, the arrangement of the electrodes and the light sensors can be variously combined according to the actual requirement, and there is no limitation.

Therefore, the physiological detection can be conveniently carried out by a user only needing to wear the ring, and the ring is not almost in the way of obstructing daily life and is not obtrusive in use, so the ring is very suitable for being used in daily life.

Here, the form of the finger-worn structure is not limited as long as the housing can be maintained on the finger and the arrangement of the physiological sensing element can be achieved at the same time, for example, the finger-worn structure may be a ring-shaped structure, a C-shaped structure, for example, a ring structure, a finger clip structure, a finger stall structure, a bandage structure, etc., and the material may be selected differently, for example, the finger-worn structure may be made of a hard material, such as plastic, metal, etc., or a soft material and/or an elastic material, such as silica gel, rubber, cloth, etc., which is applicable, that is, the various finger-worn structures described above may be made of a hard material, a soft/elastic material, or a mixed material, within the achievable range, without limitation.

Next, as long as the case is implemented to be separable from the finger-worn structure, the purpose of multi-use can be achieved. One option is that the wearable structure is arranged on other parts of the body, for example, the wearable structure can be arranged on the trunk through a patch structure or a neck wearable structure, in this case, the electrodes originally arranged on the same surface can simultaneously contact the trunk to obtain electrocardiosignals, myoelectric signals and/or skin electric signals, or the electrodes arranged on the opposite surface can respectively contact the hand and the trunk to obtain electrocardiosignals through pressing with one hand, and the optical sensor can obtain blood physiological information from the trunk or the contacted hand; or, it can be installed on the wrist by the wrist wearing structure, and it can smoothly obtain various physiological signals/information no matter the electrode or optical sensor, for example, the electrode on the opposite surface can obtain the electrocardiosignal by contacting the wrist and another part of the body, such as another hand or the trunk, and the electrode on the same surface can obtain the electromyographic signal and the skin electric signal from the wrist.

Alternatively, the size of the finger-worn structure can be changed to accommodate different finger sizes or different users' fingers, especially when the finger-worn structure is implemented in the form of a ring, such as a ring, because of the rigid structure, there is a limit to the adaptation of different fingers, so that a single device can be easily adapted to different sizes of fingers if different sizes of rings can be replaced, and thus, different users can share the same device in addition to the finger that the same user can freely choose to set.

In practical implementation, one of the embodiments is that the replaceable finger-wearing structure is implemented without a physiological sensing element, but is a simple structure, in which case, the electrodes, the optical sensor, the physiological signal capturing circuit, etc. for performing physiological detection are all disposed in the housing capable of being combined with the finger-wearing structure, i.e., the housing and the finger-wearing structure are only mechanically combined, wherein the optical sensor can be disposed in a direction facing the fingers or an outward direction when the housing is combined with the finger-wearing structure, and the arrangement of the electrodes is different according to the obtained physiological signals, for example, if the electrodes are used for obtaining an electrocardiograph signal, one electrode is required to contact the fingers, the other electrode is exposed and can be contacted by other parts of the body, if the electrodes are used for obtaining an electromyogram signal and/or a electrodermal signal, the two electrodes are required to be located on the same plane, for example, simultaneously touching the fingers, or simultaneously exposed to touch other parts of the body.

Furthermore, in another implementation option, the replaceable finger-worn structure is implemented with a physiological sensing element, such as a light sensor and/or an electrode, in which case, besides the mechanical combination between the finger-worn structure and the housing, an electrical connection is also required to be achieved, so that the physiological sensing element on the finger-worn structure can be electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit in the housing. Here, it should be noted that the physiological sensing element on the finger-worn structure may be a light sensor, a single electrode to match the electrode on the housing, or two electrodes, and thus may be changed according to different designs without limitation. As mentioned above, the optical sensor includes the light emitting device and the light receiving device, so that when the optical sensor is disposed on the finger-worn structure, the optical sensor can be selectively disposed to obtain the blood physiological signal by a transmission method or a reflection method.

In addition, in a particular embodiment, another particular implementation may be created by changing the material of the finger structure. When the finger-wearing structure is made of metal material, as shown in fig. 3C, for example, a common ring made of stainless steel material, the finger-wearing structure can be made to be an extension of one of the electrodes by contacting the finger-wearing structure with the original one of the electrodes on the casing, so that the operation of setting the finger-wearing structure is equivalent to setting the electrode, and the contact area is increased accordingly, which is convenient, and the other electrode is located on the exposed surface of the casing, therefore, the setting is particularly suitable for capturing the electrocardiographic signal. The advantages are that the structure of the finger wearing structure becomes simple, no additional electric connection wire and electrode are needed, the manufacturing procedure can be simplified to the maximum extent, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In this case, it should be noted that the material of the finger wearing structure is not limited to metal, and any conductive material may be used as long as it can be combined with the housing and disposed on the finger, and the material is not limited to be formed by only one material, for example, conductive rubber, conductive silica gel, conductive ceramic, conductive fiber, etc., and other materials may be coated on the metal to create the visual effect.

Furthermore, when only the electrocardiograph signal measurement is needed, the measurement can be directly implemented in a form that the conductive finger-worn structure and the shell are not separated, so that the shell is fixed on the finger-worn structure, and therefore, the measurement is more cost-effective.

In another aspect of the present invention, the choice is a head-based multi-purpose setting choice.

As is well known, the head can also obtain a great deal of physiological information, such as brain electrical signals, eye movement signals, muscle electrical signals, cerebral blood flow (HEG), and the like, and therefore, it is particularly suitable for obtaining information such as sleep physiological status or sleep quality during sleep, or for use during physiological feedback and neurophysiological feedback, on the premise that it is beneficial to the user if the head can be provided at other body positions to obtain other physiological signals.

Accordingly, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4A-4B, the physiological sensing element is disposed on the lower surface 101 of the housing, for example, fig. 4A shows the case of disposing two electrodes 120, fig. 4B shows the case of disposing the optical sensor 122, and by this way, the physiological signals can be obtained from the head by the disposition shown in fig. 5, for example, fig. 4A can obtain the brain electrical signals, eye movement signals, skin electrical signals, and myoelectrical signals, and fig. 4B can obtain the brain blood flow, blood oxygen concentration, and the like, and in this case, the optical sensor can obtain the blood physiological information by reflection as described above, and further, the disposition of the electrodes and the optical sensor can be implemented simultaneously to obtain more physiological signals, for example, the electrodes and the optical sensor can be implemented in the same plane, and may be disposed in different planes, all without limitation.

The shell provided on the head is provided by a head-wearing structure, such as a strap, a helmet, a hat, glasses, a patch, an adhesive, etc., which are optional, and particularly, the head-wearing structure may be implemented to have an electrical conduction function, such as an adhesive directly attached to the electrodes and helping to conduct electricity, or an electrically conductive patch combined with the electrodes on the shell, such as a patch electrode combined with a metal button, such as a button patch electrode. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

When the electrode and the optical sensor are to be disposed at other positions, the electrode and the optical sensor can be disposed in a manner that the electrode and the optical sensor can contact the skin according to the position design of the electrode and the optical sensor on the housing.

When the optical sensor is implemented, it can be installed on the wrist to obtain the blood physiological information from the wrist, such as blood oxygen concentration, heart rate, etc., or it can be installed on the forearm, or upper arm, etc. to obtain the blood physiological information, or it can be installed on the finger by combining with the finger wearing structure, especially the finger is the most commonly used position to obtain the blood physiological information. Alternatively, the housing may be positioned in front of the torso by a neck wear structure, in which case the light sensor may be implemented to contact the torso towards the torso, or may be implemented to contact the hands towards the outside.

When implemented as electrodes, the electrodes can be disposed on the wrist, forearm, upper arm, etc. to obtain electrical skin signals, myoelectric signals, etc. by contacting the skin with the two electrodes 120 simultaneously, or can be disposed in front of the torso by the neck-wearing structure to obtain electrical heart signals by contacting the skin of the torso with the two electrodes 120 simultaneously.

Therefore, no matter whether the electrodes or the optical sensors are adopted, when the head-mounted device is arranged on the head, the head physiological signals, such as electroencephalogram signals, electro-oculogram signals, skin electrical signals, myoelectric signals, cerebral blood flow, blood oxygen concentration and the like, can be obtained, and when the head-mounted device is arranged on the front of fingers, wrists, upper arms, forearms and the trunk, the cardiovascular-related signals, such as blood oxygen concentration, heart rate, electrocardio signals and the like, and other physiological information, such as skin electrical signals and myoelectric signals, can be obtained.

Therefore, even if the same device is designed, various physiological signals can be obtained by matching with different wearing structures and arranging the device on different body parts, and the device is an advantageous choice for users.

In the idea of a further aspect, the physiological detection means is selected in the form of a headset.

The earphone is an indispensable accessory in modern daily life, and therefore, more and more physiological detection devices are implemented in an ear wearing mode, which not only enables a user to use the device naturally, but also enables physiological detection to be more integrated into daily life.

Furthermore, when the earphone is implemented as an ear wearing type, it is naturally capable of providing an earphone function by combining with a sound generating element, which not only can enhance the usage will, but also can help physiological feedback, neurophysiological feedback, etc. by sound, and is quite advantageous, therefore, the ear wearing type described herein can be various types of earphones which are commercially available, such as wired earphones or wireless earphones, as well as ear canal earphones, ear-hook earphones, neck earphones, head earphones, etc., without limitation, and all of which belong to the scope of the present invention as long as the following conditions are met, and the manner of providing sound can be changed accordingly according to the earphone type, for example, the sound of the wired earphones comes from the portable electronic device connected thereto, while the wireless earphones can receive sound through bluetooth connection, Or directly stores the recording file, MP3, etc., and there are various possibilities.

Based on this, the multi-purpose physiology inspection apparatus of the present invention, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 6A-6C, the two ear wearing modes include a first ear wearing structure 310 and a second ear wearing structure 312, the physiology signal capturing circuit can be disposed in the first ear wearing structure, or the second ear wearing structure, or separately disposed in the two ear wearing structures, or another housing is further disposed for disposing the circuit, as shown in fig. 6C, in this case, the other housing can be further used for disposing the control button, so there is no limitation, in addition, an electrode 330 and an electrode 332 are disposed on each of the two ear wearing structures, and the two ear wearing structures are connected to each other through a connection line 314, so as to achieve the electrical connection among the electrode 330, the electrode 332 and the physiology signal capturing circuit.

It should be noted that the arrangement and position of the electrodes will be different according to the measurement signals, for example, the electrodes may be arranged at the positions contacting with the skin of the ears or at the positions not contacting with the skin of the ears; in addition, besides the method of additionally adding electrodes on the surface of the ear wearing structure, for example, providing electrode pads, other methods can be implemented, for example, the surface of the ear wearing structure can be directly implemented as an electrode, for example, by coating a conductive layer, or by directly forming the portion with a conductive material (for example, conductive rubber, conductive silica gel, etc.), so that there is no limitation, and the capture of electrophysiological signals can be achieved as long as the portion is located on the surface of the ear wearing structure. In addition, particularly, since the structure of the ear is complex and the structure of each individual is different, in practice, it is preferable that a single electrode is implemented as a plurality of small-area contact points to increase the probability of contact, for example, as an electrode having a plurality of needle structures, and further, as an electrode having elasticity, for example, using a metal spring connector (pogo pin) as an electrode to adapt to the fluctuation of the structure of the ear and the difference of different users, to increase the contact stability, wherein the electrode having a plurality of needle structures has different implementation options, for example, may be formed by soldering a plurality of conductive needle structures on a circuit board, may be an integrally formed conductive base, and may have a plurality of conductive needle structures, no limitation in any form, as long as a multi-point contact can be provided and an electrical connection with the physiological signal acquisition circuit can be formed, further obtain the electrophysiological signal without limitation.

In fig. 6A-6C, the electrode 330 is disposed at a position that contacts the skin of the ear and/or the adjacent area when the first earwear structure is disposed on the ear, and the position of the electrode 332 on the second earwear structure can be varied according to different situations, for example, fig. 6A and 6C show that the electrode 332 is disposed at a position that does not contact the skin near the ear, and fig. 6B shows that the electrode 332 is disposed at a position that can contact the skin of the ear.

In one mode of use, the first earwear structure is placed on the ear and the second earwear structure is removed. In this case, one option is that the electrode 332 contacts the chest to obtain the heart projection angle formed by the ear and the chest, and the other option is that the electrode 332 contacts one hand holding the second ear wearing structure, or contacts the other upper limb after holding the second ear wearing structure by the hand to obtain the heart projection angle of the ear and one upper limb. The difference between the two options is that the obtained heart projection angles are different, and also due to the design of the connecting line, the user can freely select the appropriate and desired measuring position to obtain the best electrocardiosignal.

In another use mode, the first ear wearing structure and the second ear wearing structure are both taken down. In this case, one option is to have both electrodes contact the chest, and the other option is to have both electrodes contact the hands, respectively. Similarly, the two options can obtain the heart projection angle of the chest to the chest and the heart projection angles of the two hands respectively.

In another use mode, the first ear wearing structure and the second ear wearing structure are both placed on ears to obtain the electrocardiographic signals. When implemented in the configuration shown in fig. 6A, upper limb contact with the electrodes can be achieved by hand lifting, as shown in fig. 7A, which is also quite convenient; alternatively, electrodes may be disposed on the exposed surfaces of the ear-worn structures, so that, as shown in fig. 7B, the two electrodes disposed on the exposed surfaces can be touched by two hands respectively to obtain the electrocardiographic signals.

Further, each ear-worn structure can be provided with an electrode contacting with the ear and an electrode on the exposed surface, so that the electrode contacting with the ear on the other ear-worn structure (right or left) can be matched with the electrode contacting with the ear on the other ear-worn structure (right or left) to form a sampling loop only by lifting and contacting the exposed electrode on one ear-worn structure with one hand (left or right hand). The advantage of this method is that the ear wearing structure can capture another electrocardiographic signal without taking it off the ear, and the heart projection angles obtained by touching with the left hand, the right hand, or both hands are different, which can meet different application requirements. Furthermore, in the case of arranging electrodes inside and outside, since the contact for obtaining the electrocardiographic signal is achieved by the electrodes on different side ear wearing structures, the inside and outside electrodes of the same ear wearing structure can be further implemented as the same electrode which is continuously distributed, so that the manufacturing complexity can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In addition, in a specific embodiment, two electrodes are disposed on the exposed surfaces of the first ear-wearing structure and the second ear-wearing structure, respectively, so that the electrocardiographic signal measurement can be performed in the same manner as in fig. 7B, and in this case, the exposed surfaces have relatively large contact areas, so that the ear-wearing structure can be easily removed from the ear to contact the upper limb or the trunk. Therefore, various implementations are possible according to various different usage requirements without limitation.

It should be noted that, although the above-mentioned embodiments mainly take the form of an ear inner housing as an example, the ear wearing structure can be implemented in various forms, such as an ear clip structure, an ear hook structure, or a combined ear wearing structure, such as an ear inner housing and an ear hook structure, or an ear clip and ear inner housing structure, as long as it is a feasible option to provide stable contact, and the two ear wearing structures can also be implemented in different types, such as an ear clip on one side and an ear inner housing on the other side, and therefore, there is no limitation.

Since the two ear-worn structures are connected by the connecting wire, when at least one ear-worn structure is taken out of the ear for use, the contact positions of the electrodes become very variable, for example, the electrodes can contact all positions within the range of the connecting wire, and therefore, it is possible to obtain the electrocardiograms of the twelve conducting poles at the respective positions, so that compared with the traditional method of obtaining the electrocardiograms of the twelve conducting poles, the design of the connecting wire is equivalent to greatly reducing the complexity of the arrangement and implementing the threshold, which is quite beneficial to achieving the correct and detailed judgment of the heart in a simpler and more convenient way.

Furthermore, in addition to the above-mentioned usage of self-measurement by the user, the design of the two ear-worn structures with connecting wires can also be applied to the acquisition of other people's electrocardiographic signals based on the structural specificity. For example, the first ear wearing structure can be arranged on one ear of the other person, so that the electrode is contacted with the ear and/or the skin nearby, and then the electrode is contacted with the trunk or the upper limb of the other person by holding the second ear wearing structure by hand, so that the electrocardiosignals of the other person can be obtained, and the electrocardiosignal acquisition device is quite convenient. Here, the ear clip structure is particularly suitable for selection of the first ear wearing structure, and the operation of arranging the ear wearing structure on the ears of other people can be easily achieved.

Still further, such devices may also be used to acquire brain electrical signals. In any of the above configurations, the embodiment having electrodes capable of contacting the ears and/or the skin near the ears can be used to acquire electroencephalogram signals, so that the same device can provide two functions of acquiring electrocardiograph signals and acquiring electroencephalogram signals, and the electrocardiograph signals can provide different projection angles for selection, which is very advantageous; when the electroencephalogram signal is captured, the contact position of the electrode is not particularly limited, but preferably, the electrode contacting the lower half of the auricle, for example, the position of tragus, the lower part of tragus, the earlobe, the lower half of the concha wall, etc., can be selected as the reference electrode, which is more favorable for obtaining clear electroencephalogram signals.

Furthermore, besides the electrodes, the optical sensor can be installed through the ear-wearing structure, for example, it can be installed on one side or both sides to obtain the blood physiological information, such as blood oxygen concentration and heart rate, so as to provide other physiological signal selection besides the cardiac signal, and here, the optical sensor will obtain the blood physiological information by reflection, and in addition, alternatively, when the cardiac signal is obtained by touching the electrodes with hands, it can further obtain the blood physiological information by hands, for example, the contact with the optical sensor is achieved while touching the electrodes, and in this case, because the cardiac signal can be obtained by touching the electrodes and the heart rate can be obtained by sensors at the same time, the pulse wave transmission time (PTT, pulse Transit Time) to obtain the information of blood vessel hardness/elasticity, and can further calculate and estimate the blood pressure related value, which has further significance.

On the other hand, when the optical sensor is implemented to be disposed at and/or near the ear, it is suitable to be used to perform continuous detection, especially for heart rate, for example, for monitoring heart rate during exercise, and for patients who need to pay attention to heart activity for a long time, and through the multipurpose design of the present application, when there is a special need, for example, suddenly feel abnormal heartbeat, or the heart feels untimely, the user can immediately touch the electrodes by lifting hands, or take down the ear-worn structure to touch the trunk or hands, and record real-time electrocardiographic signals, which is quite helpful to correctly determine the related heart problem.

Furthermore, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the multi-purpose can be achieved by a single ear-worn structure, as shown in fig. 8A-8B, on which two electrodes 330 and 332 are disposed.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the earwear structure is worn on the ear, electrodes 330 contact the ear and/or the skin in the vicinity, so that electrocardiographic measurements can be taken by simply lifting one upper limb against electrode 332 on the exposed surface, and on the other hand, removing it from the ear, by contacting different body parts, e.g., electrode 330 against the hand being held and electrode 332 against the torso.

In another preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8B, the ear-worn structure is implemented to obtain the ECG signal when removed from the ear, and many options are available for practical implementation, wherein one option is that the ear-worn structure can be held in one hand of the user and measured by touching the skin of the torso portion of the body, for example, the two electrodes can be implemented to simultaneously touch the torso, e.g., in front of the chest where the ECG signal is strong, to obtain the ECG signal of the torso, another option can be implemented with one electrode touching the held hand, another touching the torso to obtain the cardiac projection between the upper limbs and the torso, and yet another option is implemented with two electrodes touching the two hands, respectively, to obtain the cardiac projection between the upper limbs. Therefore, the use mode can be changed according to different requirements, and the operation is quite convenient.

Furthermore, for the convenience of holding the hands, the ear-worn structure can be formed to have a long member 316 as shown in fig. 8B, and the electrodes are disposed on the long member, so that the electrode can be contacted with the electrodes at the same time, which is more advantageous. In this case, it is feasible that the electrodes disposed on the elongated member are distributed on one surface, or distributed on a plurality of surfaces, or continuously distributed.

In addition, the two electrodes can be further implemented to contact with the ear and/or the skin near the ear when the ear-worn structure is disposed on the ear, such as the tragus, the earlobe, the concha wall, the bottom of the concha, the back of the auricle, the head (temporal lobe area) around the auricle, and so on, in addition to being disposed at a position where the electrocardio signal can be obtained when the ear-worn structure is removed, so that the electroencephalogram signal can be obtained during the period of wearing the ear, and the function of use is further increased.

Still further, it can be implemented with a light sensor 340, for example, as shown in fig. 8C, disposed at a position where the ear-worn structure will contact with the ear and/or the skin near the ear, wherein, the especially preferred position is the tragus to obtain blood physiological information, such as heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, etc., during the period of wearing the ear, so as to provide more physiological information, and, when the heart rate information can be obtained through the light sensor, it can be used to perform continuous detection, such as monitoring of heart rate during exercise, and/or for patients who need to pay attention to heart activity for a long time, as mentioned above, so that, when the light sensor detects abnormality or finds a special need by itself, such as sudden heartbeat abnormality, or heart activity feeling discomfort, the user can immediately take down the ear-worn structure, by touching the torso and/or hands, real-time electrocardiographic signals are recorded, which is quite helpful for accurately judging related heart problems.

It should be noted that, although the above embodiments mainly use the ear inner shell structure as an example, the invention is not limited thereto, and the ear wearing structure can be implemented in various forms, such as an ear clip structure, an ear hook structure, or a combined ear wearing structure, such as an ear inner shell and ear hook structure, or an ear clip and ear inner shell structure, or an ear wearing structure can be combined with a connecting structure with a supporting force, and the like, as long as the stable contact can be provided.

Still further, such a monaural structure may also be implemented with a port to connect to an extension electrode. For example, another electrode may be provided in addition to the two electrodes, so that different angular projections of the heart can be obtained simultaneously, e.g., the two electrodes are simultaneously in contact with the chest, and the extension electrode is in contact with the upper limb. On the other hand, instead of one of the two electrodes, the extended electrode may be implemented to expand the distance between the two electrodes, so that the position where the electrodes can contact can be changed, for example, an electrocardiogram of the respective positions of the twelve leads can be obtained, which is also helpful for obtaining more detailed cardiac information. On the other hand, the extension electrode can be used to obtain another electrophysiological signal, for example, the electrode on the original single-side ear wearing structure can be used to contact the ear or the head skin near the ear, and then the pull-out electrode is disposed on the other ear and also contacts the ear or the head skin near the ear, so as to obtain the brain electrical signal. Thus, there are various possibilities, without limitation.

As regards the embodiment of the extended electrode, various possibilities are possible. For example, the structure can be carried by a wearing structure, such as another ear wearing structure, finger wearing structure, wrist wearing structure, neck wearing structure, head wearing structure, etc., or can be carried by a holding structure, such as a rod-shaped structure, which is convenient for the user to operate.

And the extension electrode has various possibilities in actual use. For example, an ear clip structure may be extended from the original ear wearing structure to carry the extension electrode, in which case, the extended ear clip structure may be clipped on the ear and used to contact the trunk or upper limb; alternatively, a finger-worn structure may extend to carry the extension electrode, in which case the extension finger-worn structure may be fixed on a finger of an upper limb, and then the original ear-worn structure may be used to contact the trunk or the other upper limb: alternatively, the original ear-worn structure and the carrying structure of the extension electrode can be held by hands, so as to achieve contact, for example, contact with the holding hands or contact with other body parts. Therefore, various implementations are possible without being limited to the above description, and the scope of the present disclosure is intended to be limited only by the measurement means that can be achieved by such a configuration.

In another aspect, the main body is in the form of a headset for multiple purposes. Referring to fig. 9A, a multi-purpose physiological detection device includes a head-wearing structure 400, and two ear-wearing structures 410 and 420 respectively connected to two ends of the head-wearing structure, and in addition, a physiological sensing element is disposed on the head-wearing structure and/or the two ear-wearing structures, and a circuit is accommodated in the head-wearing structure and/or the ear-wearing structures without limitation.

The connection mode between the two ear wearing structures and the head wearing structure can be selected differently, for example, the connection mode can be connected by using a connecting wire, the arrangement of the head wearing structure can be more freely set by the connection mode of the flexible wire, or the connection mode can be implemented by connecting the two ear wearing structures by using a telescopic structure, and the connection mode of the hard structure can lead the head wearing structure to obtain further fixing force by the ear wearing structure, so that the two ear wearing structures have advantages no matter what mode is selected. In addition, the ear wearing structure is preferably implemented in the form of an inner ear shell, so as to obtain a better fixing effect by the mutual abutting between the inner ear shell and the auricle structure, for example, the inner ear shell is inserted into the ear canal, or the inner ear shell is engaged between the physiological concave-convex structures on the inner surface of the auricle, and the like.

Here, particularly, the head-wearing structure is configured to be differently combined with the head, as shown in fig. 9B to 9C, the head-wearing structure can be installed on the top of the head (fig. 9B), or on the forehead, or on the hindbrain (fig. 9C), and the reason for this is that, firstly, in terms of electroencephalogram signals, since the cerebral cortex is divided into a plurality of regions, and different cerebral cortex regions control different activities of the human body, respectively, when the electrodes are correspondingly installed at different positions of the cerebral cortex regions, the activities of the respective regions can be obtained, for example, the frontal lobe cerebral cortex region below the forehead, the parietal lobe cerebral cortex region below the top of the head, the occipital lobe cerebral cortex region below the back of the brain, and the temporal lobe cortical region above the ears, and, in terms of eye activities, the electrodes must be arranged around the eyes to obtain the electro-oculogram signals, and the forehead is the preferred arrangement position for the electro-dermogram signals and the myoelectricity signals, so that the head-wearing structure is only required to be arranged at the position where the signals are to be obtained, which is quite convenient.

The physiological sensing element can be implemented as at least two electrodes (not shown) to obtain electrophysiological signals at the head and/or ears. For example, one electrode may be disposed on the headset structure and the other electrode may be disposed on one of the ear-mount structures, in which case, the electrode disposed on the ear-mount structure may be used as a reference electrode, when the head-wearing structure is arranged on the forehead, the electroencephalogram signal and the electrooculogram signal can be obtained, and when the head-wearing structure is arranged on the top of the head and the back of the brain, the electroencephalogram signal can be obtained, and the significance of the electroencephalogram signal obtained is different according to the position of the electrode on the head-wearing structure, for example, even if the band is behind the top of the head or the brain, if the electrodes are placed near the top of the ears, the electroencephalogram signal of the temporal lobe will be obtained, on the other hand, if the electrodes are placed at the top of the head, the obtained brain electrical signals of the apical lobe area or the occipital lobe area if the electrodes are arranged at the position behind the brain; or, both electrodes may be disposed on the head-mounted structure, in which case, when the head-mounted structure is disposed on the forehead, the frontal lobe area electroencephalogram signal and/or temporal lobe area electroencephalogram signal, eye electrical signal, skin electrical signal, and/or myoelectrical signal can be obtained, and when the head-mounted structure is disposed on the vertex and the hindbrain, the occipital lobe area electroencephalogram signal, parietal lobe area electroencephalogram signal, and/or temporal lobe area electroencephalogram signal can be obtained; or, another electrode can be arranged on the other ear wearing structure, so that the two ear wearing structures are respectively arranged on the two sides of the head and are matched with the electrode on the upper head wearing structure, and the activity conditions of the left brain and the right brain can be obtained respectively. It should be noted that when the method is used to obtain multiple electrophysiological signals, for example, simultaneously obtain electroencephalogram signals and electrooculogram signals, it can be implemented with only two electrodes and two electrophysiological signals are obtained from the same channel, or it can be implemented with more than two electrodes, for example, three or four electrodes, and two electrophysiological signals are obtained from two channels, so that it can be changed according to actual requirements without limitation.

The physiological sensing element may be implemented as an optical sensor and disposed on the head-mounted structure to obtain the blood physiological information of the head, for example, the blood oxygen concentration, the heart rate, the change of the cerebral blood flow, etc. may be obtained in the forehead, the vicinity of the temple, and/or the area above the ear, or may be disposed on the ear-mounted structure to obtain the blood physiological information of the blood oxygen concentration, the heart rate, etc. similarly.

Furthermore, the physiological sensing element can also be implemented to include both electrodes and light sensors, and in this case, all of the above cases are possible. Therefore, there is no limitation.

By the design, almost all physiological signals of the head can be obtained by the same device, and the user can select the position to be measured by himself, which is very convenient.

It should be noted that, since it is possible to dispose the electrode at the position of hair such as the vertex of the head, the back of the brain, etc., besides adopting the form of a general dry electrode, it is also preferable that the electrode disposed on the head-mounted structure is implemented in a needle-like form, for example, a single needle-like electrode, or an electrode with a plurality of needle-like structures, so as to facilitate the penetration of the hair, wherein the electrode with a plurality of needle-like structures can be implemented in different ways, for example, the electrode can be formed by soldering a plurality of conductive needle-like structures on a circuit board, or can be an integrally formed conductive base and a plurality of conductive needle-like structures, and no limitation is imposed on any form, as long as the electrode can provide multi-point contact and form an electrical connection with the physiological signal acquisition circuit, so as to acquire the electrophysiological signal; furthermore, it is also preferable to implement the electrodes with elasticity, for example, by placing springs under the electrodes, or by using metal spring connectors (pogo pins) as the electrodes, which will help to adapt to different head types; alternatively, it may be implemented as an electrode replacement, for example, a non-needle electrode is used to be placed on the forehead, and when it is necessary to move to a position with hair, the electrode is replaced with a needle electrode. In addition, the material of the electrode is only required to be conductive, for example, conductive metal, conductive rubber, conductive fiber, etc. are all feasible, so there is no limitation. Moreover, when the fixing device is disposed on the forehead or behind the brain, the fixing device can further connect the straps to the head-wearing structure, for example, the straps are connected to two ends of the head-wearing structure, so as to achieve a better fixing effect.

In all of the above embodiments, for example, finger wearing, wrist wearing, neck wearing, head wearing, ear wearing, and clamping, a motion sensing element, such as an Accelerometer (Accelerometer), a gravity sensor (Gsensor), a gyroscope (gyrosope), a Magnetic sensor (Magnetic sensor), etc., may be added to the device to simultaneously obtain the motion or movement of the user's body, which is helpful for determining whether the signal quality is poor due to the motion or movement of the body when analyzing the physiological signals. In addition, a temperature sensing element can be additionally arranged at the position where the body temperature information can be obtained, which is helpful for further understanding the actual physiological condition.

Furthermore, in another aspect of the present invention, the function of the same physiological signal capturing unit is extended by replacing different wearing structures.

First, in order to facilitate the replacement between different wearing structures, the physiological signal capturing unit is formed as a single small housing, as shown in fig. 10A, that is, all the circuits are contained in a single housing 500, so that the housing is only required to be removed from one wearing structure and then be mounted on another wearing structure during the replacement, thereby simplifying the replacement procedure.

The physiological signal capturing unit includes a physiological signal capturing circuit, which is accommodated in the housing 500, and has a first pair of electrical contact areas 510a, 510b on the lower surface 502 of the housing, and a second pair of electrical contact areas 512a, 512b on the side surfaces 506 and 508 of the housing, wherein the areas of the electrical contact areas are correspondingly reduced due to the reduced volume, for example, the electrical contact areas are reduced in the form of electrical contacts.

Furthermore, since the physiological information provided by different body parts may be different, the physiological signal capturing unit further includes at least one optical sensor 522, as shown in the figure, disposed on the lower surface 502 for obtaining the blood physiological information of the user, and if the electrode is also used to obtain the electrophysiological signal, the physiological signal capturing unit can also provide the result obtained according to the correlation between two physiological signals, such as Pulse Transit Time (PTT), so as to obtain the information of blood vessel hardness/elasticity, and further estimate to obtain the data of the related blood pressure value.

The reason for the distribution of the electrical contact portions in this manner is that the use possibilities can be maximized. For example, one measurement option is to use the first pair of electrical contact areas to obtain electromyographic signals and electrodermal signals, or to be placed in front of the chest where the electrocardiographic signals are stronger, and the other measurement option is to extend the second pair of electrical contact areas to contact more positions to obtain other electrophysiological signals, such as electroencephalogram signals, electrooculogram signals, electrodermal signals, electromyographic signals, electrocardiographic signals, etc. Therefore, the design can adapt to different sampling requirements of various setting positions, and is quite advantageous.

Of course, fig. 10A shows only one of the configurations of the electrical contact regions for cooperating with the optical sensor, and other configurations may be adopted, for example, as shown in fig. 10B, an electrical contact region 514 may be additionally provided on the upper surface 504, or only two electrical contact regions (similar to the case shown in fig. 3C) may be included, and may be provided on the same surface as the optical sensor and/or different surfaces, so that the configuration may be changed according to the actual use requirement without limitation. In addition, other sensing elements, such as a temperature sensing element, may be added to the housing at a position where the body temperature can be obtained, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

When the upper surface has the electrical contact area 514, another option of directly exposed contact is provided, which configuration is quite advantageous for obtaining the ecg signal, for example, wherever the body is located, as long as the electrical contact area 514 is exposed, it can be simply contacted by one hand, and then any one of the upper electrical contact areas 510a, 510b, 512a, 512b is contacted (directly contacted or extended to contact) with the skin of another part of the body to form a sampling loop for the ecg signal, which is also an advantageous embodiment.

In this case, when the device is to be disposed on different parts of the body, such as fingers, wrists, arms, necks, breasts, heads, and ears, the device can be combined with different wearing structures, such as finger wearing structure, wrist wearing structure, arm wearing structure, neck wearing structure, head wearing structure, ear wearing structure, patch, band, etc., to meet the requirements of the device.

In addition, since the sampling positions of the respective parts are different and the setting conditions are different, further, the electrode can be set at the most appropriate sampling position through the wearing structure, in this case, it is preferable that a combination structure capable of being combined with the housing, for example, a containing groove, is provided on the wearing structure, and an electrical contact portion corresponding to the electrical contact region on the housing is provided in the combination structure, so that after the housing and the combination structure are combined, the electrical contact region on the housing and the electrical contact portion in the combination structure can be electrically connected, on the other hand, as long as the electrode electrically connected to the electrical contact portion is provided on the surface of the wearing structure, the electrical contact region on the housing can be electrically connected to the electrode on the wearing structure, so that the electrode can be directly positioned and fixed by using the wearing structure, it is quite convenient.

It should be noted that, when the electrical contact area on the physiological signal capturing unit is directly used to contact the skin to obtain the physiological signal, it is considered as the signal capturing electrode, and on the other hand, when the electrical contact area is used to contact the electrical contact part in the wearing structure to achieve the electrical connection between the electrode and the circuit on the wearing structure, it is considered as the electrical contact point, which is completely determined by the practical implementation situation and has no limitation, and therefore, the same electrical contact area on the housing may have different functions when matching with different wearing structures.

The following is a detailed description of how the physiological signal capturing unit is disposed at each part of the body, which can be used to obtain what physiological signals, and the application range thereof.

First, in the simplest case, the physiological signal capturing unit is disposed on a finger of a user through a finger-worn structure, the position of the finger tip or the knuckle where the proximal phalanx or the middle phalanx is located is not limited, and the finger is not limited, only the corresponding proper finger wearing structure is provided, for example, as shown in FIG. 11A, a finger-stall type finger-worn structure 600a can be used to be placed on a fingertip, a ring-type finger-worn structure can be used to be placed on a knuckle, a finger-clip type finger-worn structure can be used, the finger tip can be clamped on the finger tip as long as the shape is suitable, the finger tip can be clamped on the knuckle, the implementation form can be changed according to the actual requirement, and the finger tip can also be implemented as a fixed structure formed by sticky soft materials, such as sticking cloth, a sticking sheet, devil felt and the like, and the finger tip can be suitably arranged on any knuckle.

In addition, it is preferable to minimize the size of the housing to accommodate placement on a finger, for example, the housing is preferably sized to have a length of less than 30 mm, a width of less than 25 mm, and a thickness of less than 10 mm, so that it is not obtrusive and burdensome to place on a finger.

When the physiological signal capturing unit is disposed on the finger, the most suitable physiological signal capturing is to use the optical sensor to obtain the blood physiological information, such as blood oxygen concentration, heart rate, blood flow, etc., from the finger, which is the most well known blood oxygen concentration obtaining position.

It should be noted that, as mentioned above, the conventional blood oxygen concentration sensor in the market mainly adopts two measurement methods, i.e. a transmission type and a reflection type, wherein the transmission type, as shown in fig. 2A, adopts a method of disposing the light emitting device and the light receiving device on two sides of the finger respectively to allow the light to penetrate the blood vessel for measurement, generally speaking, the signal obtained by this method is more stable, and on the other hand, the reflection type, as shown in fig. 2B, disposes the light emitting device and the light receiving device on the same side of the finger, which has the advantages of simpler structure and more power saving. Thus, both approaches have their advantages and can be used.

Therefore, when a single housing is used, it is preferable to perform the measurement in a reflection manner, that is, the light emitting device and the light receiving device are disposed on the same side of the finger, and on the other hand, if the wearing structure has the physiological sensing device, for example, the light emitting device is disposed on the housing, and the light receiving device is extended to the wearing structure, the measurement can be performed in a penetration manner, so that no matter where the finger is disposed, the measurement can be performed in a penetration manner or in a reflection manner according to different requirements without limitation.

Here, it should be noted that the finger-worn structure used may be any of various forms capable of being fixed to a finger, such as a ring structure, a finger sleeve structure, a finger clip structure, a ring structure, and the like, without limitation. On the other hand, the material can be selected from various materials, for example, elastic materials such as silica gel, rubber, etc.; or, a flexible material is adopted and fixed by a winding way, such as devil felt; or, a viscous substance can be further added to fix the adhesive layer in an adhesion manner; alternatively, a hard material with an ergonomic structure for the fingers may be used, such as a clip-type plastic, a ring-type plastic, a metal, etc.; or, different materials can be used comprehensively, for example, a hard material can be coated outside an elastic material; and may even be implemented in a disposable form. Thus, there may be various possibilities without limitation.

The combination between the housing and the finger-worn structure can be selected from various manners, such as embedding, engaging, magnetic attraction, adhesion, and binding, without limitation, as long as the combination and fixation are achieved.

For example, in an embodiment, the finger wearing structure is implemented as a fingertip cover made of silicone (similar to the structure shown in fig. 11A), and the housing can be simply and directly embedded in the groove of the fingertip cover, so that the finger wearing structure is convenient to manufacture, easy to fix and position, and comfortable to use; in another embodiment, the finger-worn structure can be made of elastic material, and the structure can be designed to achieve the effect of openable and closable fixation for fixation, as shown in fig. 11B-11C, the housing can be inserted into the elastic finger-worn structure 600B; in another embodiment, the finger-worn structure is implemented as an adhesive non-woven fabric, which can be used to encircle the knuckles and can also be used to adhere to the fingertips, and in yet another embodiment, the finger-worn structure is implemented as a velcro, which can be freely adjusted and adapted to different finger sizes; in yet another embodiment, as shown in fig. 11D-11E, the finger-worn structure is implemented as a ring-shaped finger-worn structure 600c, and the shell and the ring can be combined in various ways, for example, by means of snapping, plugging, magnetic attraction, etc.; in another embodiment, the finger-wearing structure is made of elastic material inside and covered with hard material outside, such as plastic shell, so that the elastic material can be used to realize the finger curve to stabilize the arrangement of the physiological sensing element, and at the same time, the outer electrode can be provided with an appropriate and beautiful shape, and even the outer electrode can be provided with an exposed electrode through the shell made of hard material and connected to one of the electric contact areas on the physiological signal acquisition unit, so that the measurement of the electrocardiosignal can be performed.

Such an arrangement is particularly suitable for use during sleep to detect sleep physiological state information, such as respiration and sleep quality. This is because, when such a design is adopted, not only is the volume small, but also the structure provided on the finger is quite simple, the finger is not easy to fall off, and no hindrance is caused during sleep, but information such as blood oxygen concentration and heart rate can be obtained with certainty, wherein the blood oxygen concentration can be used to understand the Breathing situation during Sleep, to provide information about Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB), e.g., sleep Apnea (OSA), the heart rate may be used to learn other physiological information during sleep, such as heart activity, and other physiological information derived therefrom, such as, for example, the time to sleep, furthermore, if the housing is also provided with a motion sensor, it is advantageous to detect the movement of the hand and body, which is related to the quality of sleep.

Further, if the finger-wearing structure is used during sleep, in order to allow the user to use the finger-wearing structure freely, the surrounding range of the finger-wearing structure can be expanded to a portion of the palm, for example, as shown in fig. 11F, the surrounding finger-wearing structure 600d increases the portion of the palm under the thumb, so that the user can feel more stable and the sleep is not affected by the larger area of the finger-wearing structure, and of course, the actual implementation form of the finger-wearing structure is shown in fig. 11F by way of example and not by way of limitation, as long as the structure surrounding a portion of the palm at the same time is within the intended scope of the present disclosure, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

On the other hand, besides the above-mentioned blood physiological information acquisition by the optical sensor, electrophysiological signals can also be acquired through the electrodes. As mentioned above, since the volume of the casing is small, the contact area of the electrical contact areas is small, and the distance between the two electrical contact areas is short, it is possible to directly obtain the electromyographic signals and the skin electrical signals, and further achieve the contact between the electrodes and the skin by changing the finger-worn structure when other electrophysiological signals are desired to be obtained or the obtaining position of the electromyographic signals and/or the skin electrical signals cannot be directly achieved by the casing.

In practice, the finger-worn structure is implemented with a coupling structure for receiving the shell and electrodes on the accessible surface and electrically connected to electrical contacts in the coupling structure, so that by coupling the shell to the coupling structure, the electrical contact areas on the shell can be extended to the electrodes on the finger-worn structure. It should be noted that, depending on the actual measured physiological signals and the desired locations, the extension of the electrodes can be implemented as a single electrode or as two electrodes extending outward.

When the device is used for acquiring skin electric signals or myoelectric signals, only one electrode can be extended to prolong the distance between the electrodes, and the two electrodes can also be extended through the finger-wearing structure to be arranged at different positions.

In addition, when used for acquiring electrocardiosignals, because one electrode is required to contact other body parts except the limb where the finger wearing the shell is positioned, at least one electrode is required to extend through the finger wearing structure, and in implementation, a plurality of different options are available. For example, in one embodiment, one electrical contact area on the housing may be brought into contact with a finger, and the other electrical contact area extended through the finger-worn structure to the exposed surface to contact other body parts; in another embodiment, it is also possible to implement that both electrical contact areas extend through the finger-worn structure to contact the finger and other body parts, respectively. Thus, there may be various possibilities without limitation.

Therefore, it is advantageous to simply change the finger-worn structure to enable the same housing to perform different physiological detection actions and obtain different physiological signals.

Furthermore, the housing may also be implemented in combination with a head-worn structure, as shown in FIG. 12A, for placement on the head of a user. As is well known, the head can obtain many physiological signals, such as brain electrical signals, eye electrical signals, skin electrical signals, myoelectrical signals, etc. by using electrodes, and can obtain changes of cerebral blood flow, blood oxygen concentration, heart rate, etc. by using optical sensors, and the brain electrical signals, eye electrical signals, and brain blood flow changes are physiological information only obtained from the head, and thus are important physiological monitoring positions.

In this case, since the position of the electrode for acquiring the electroencephalogram signal is limited, for example, the electrode is usually installed according to the international 10-20 electroencephalogram configuration system (international 10-20system), and the electrode is also needed to be installed around the eye for the electrooculogram signal, so that the electrode extension design as described above is suitable for installing the electrode to a desired position through the head-mounted structure.

In practice, similarly, as shown in fig. 12B, the headset structure 700 is implemented to have a coupling structure 710 for receiving the shell, and particularly, the coupling structure is provided with electrical contact portions corresponding to the electrical contact regions 510B and 512B to achieve electrical contact while being coupled, and then is electrically connected to the extension electrodes 740 disposed on the headset structure through connection lines disposed along the headset structure, so that electroencephalogram signals can be very simply obtained even though the volume of the shell according to the present embodiment is very small.

Moreover, by changing the form of the head-wearing structure, for example, changing the head-wearing state, the electrode can reach any head region and acquire the brain electrical signals of the cerebral cortex region at the corresponding position, for example, when the electrode is arranged on the forehead, the brain electrical signals of the frontal lobe region can be acquired, when the electrode is arranged on the top of the head, the brain electrical signals of the parietal lobe region can be acquired, when the electrode is arranged on the two sides of the head and near the upper part of the ears, the brain electrical signals of the temporal lobe region can be acquired, and when the electrode is arranged on the back of the head, the brain electrical signals of the occipital lobe region can be acquired. As is known, different cortical areas govern different functions of the body, and therefore, it is of interest to monitor each cortical area.

As for the form of the head-wearing structure, there may be different choices depending on the position of the signal to be obtained, for example, if the head-wearing structure is to be installed on the forehead, the head-wearing structure may simply adopt the form of a patch, a cloth, or an adhesive, so as to reduce the burden, or may adopt the form of a band, or may adopt the form of a head frame with a clamping force, if the head-wearing structure is to be installed on the top of the head, the head frame, a cap, or the like, or may adopt the form of a band, a cap, or a head frame, if the head-wearing structure; in addition, if the eye electric signal is to be obtained, the electric signal can be arranged at the forehead or extend downwards to the periphery of the eyes. Therefore, without limitation, may vary depending on the actual requirements.

One particular form of headgear structure is an eyeglass structure. When the spectacles are worn on the head, the contact positions include the bridge of the nose and the upper part of the ears, and in some cases, the contact positions also contact the periphery of the eyes, so that the spectacles are very suitable for obtaining electric signals of the eyes, electric signals of the frontal lobe area and electric signals of the temporal lobe area. Furthermore, since the volume of the housing according to the present invention can be implemented very small, it is also suitable for being combined with the glasses structure.

It should be noted that, depending on the physiological signals actually measured and the desired locations, the extension of the electrical contact regions may be implemented as only a single extension, or may be implemented as two electrical contact regions extending outward.

Such an arrangement is also well suited for use during sleep, for example, the most important basis for determining sleep stages is electroencephalogram signals, such as Rapid Eye Movement (REM), deep sleep, light sleep, waking, etc., and electromyogram signals and electrooculogram signals are also used to determine whether the sleep stages are in Rapid Eye Movement, which are commonly used physiological information for determining sleep quality, and the blood oxygen concentration obtained by the optical sensor can be used to obtain the respiration status during sleep, such as when sleep apnea occurs, the blood oxygen concentration is usually decreased, so that whether sleep apnea occurs can be determined by observing the blood oxygen concentration, and the obtained heart rate can know the physiological status during sleep, such as the status of autonomic nerve, the status of heart activity, and arrhythmia, etc., in addition, if the shell is also provided with a motion sensing element, the device can also detect the motion of the user such as turning over, so that the physiological signals obtained by the general sleep examination are almost all included in the shell, and the device can be completed only by matching the shell with a small volume with a head-wearing structure without complex wiring, thereby having the advantages.

Still further, the housing may also be implemented in conjunction with a neck wear structure 800. As shown in fig. 13A-13B, the housing can be placed in front of the torso of a user by the neck-wearing structure, and in the case of being placed in front of the torso, it is very suitable for obtaining ecg signals, and since the housing has a small size and the distance between two electrical contact areas is short, the electrical contact areas can be extended by the combination structure combined with the housing on the neck-wearing structure, for example, only one electrical contact area is extended to the electrode 810 as shown in fig. 13B, or both electrical contact areas are extended to the electrode 810 as shown in fig. 13A, so that the distance between the electrodes is extended and the electrical contact areas are suitable for obtaining ecg signals in front of the torso, in which case, the user can easily obtain ecg signals by pressing the combination of the housing and the combination structure in front of the torso.

In addition, the optical sensor in the shell can also obtain blood physiological information from the body or the hands through hand contact, such as blood oxygen concentration, pulse wave signals, heart rate and the like, and when the electrocardio signals and the pulse wave signals can be obtained simultaneously, the pulse wave transmission time can be obtained as described above, so as to obtain the information of blood vessel hardness/elasticity and the like, and further, the data of related blood pressure values can be estimated.

In addition, the housing may be implemented in combination with an earwear structure. Because the volume of the shell is very small, when the shell is arranged on ears, the volume difference with the common earphones in the market at present is not big, and not only is no burden caused, but also the earphone is not obvious and obtrusive.

On the ear and/or near the ear, the optical sensor can obtain the blood oxygen concentration, pulse wave signal, heart rate, etc., and the electrode can obtain the EEG signal, myoelectric signal, electrodermal signal, ECG signal, etc., and the selection is also various. The optical sensor is only required to be in contact with the ear or the skin near the ear, electroencephalogram signals, electromyogram signals, electrodermal signals and the like can be obtained by respectively contacting the ear and/or the skin near the ear through two electrodes, and as for electrocardio signals, preferably, one electrode is in contact with the ear or the skin near the ear, and the other electrode extends to the exposed surface for the contact of an upper limb.

The ear-worn structure may be in the form of an ear-inner shell, an ear-hook or an ear clip, and the material used may be changed accordingly and the arrangement of the electrodes and the light sensor may be different according to different forms. For example, when the ear inner shell is implemented, the shell can be implemented by covering the shell with an elastic material, such as silicone, so as to adapt to the concave and convex parts of the inner surface of the auricle, and at this time, the electrode can be directly exposed from the hole of the covering material, or the extending form can be adopted to achieve the contact with the skin; when the ear hook is implemented in the ear hook form, the hanging piece hung above the auricle is provided, so that the possibility of contacting the back of the auricle and/or the head near the ear is increased, at the moment, the electrode can be extended onto the hanging piece in an extending mode, and the position where the shell is arranged can be arranged in front of the auricle or behind the auricle and is a selectable position; when implemented in the form of an ear clip, the electrodes may extend to the inner face of the ear clip to contact the skin of the portion of the ear to which the ear is clipped, e.g., the earlobe, the edge of the pinna, etc., or to the exposed surface of the ear clip for contact by the upper limb. As for the optical sensor, whatever the form of the ear wearing structure, it is only necessary to ensure that it is exposed, and can contact and be fixed on the skin, and therefore, the optical sensor is a feasible manner without limitation.

Still further, the housing may also be implemented in conjunction with a wrist-worn structure 900, as shown in fig. 14A-14B. In addition, the acquisition of the electromyographic signals and the electro-cutaneous signals can be implemented as that one electrode contacts the skin near the wrist, and the other electrode extends to the exposed surface for other body parts to contact, such as the other upper limb, the trunk and the like.

Here, since the volume of the housing is small, the shape of the wrist wearing structure becomes very free, and may be in the form of a bracelet, a watch, or a belt, so that the user can select a desired wrist wearing structure according to actual use habits.

The arrangement of the electrodes and the light sensor is similar to that described above. The optical sensor is exposed and disposed in a position where it can be contacted and fixed on the wrist, and the electrodes can be implemented by directly exposing the electrodes 514 on the housing to make contact, as shown in fig. 14A, or by using the electrodes 910 extending from the wrist-worn structure, as shown in fig. 14B, without limitation.

Here, it should be noted that the wearing structure mentioned above is only for illustration and not for limitation, and the wearing structure that the shell can be combined with according to the present invention is not limited, as long as it can be combined with the shell and attached to the wearing structure on the surface of the human body, for example, an arm wearing structure, a chest band, a leg wrapping band, a patch, etc., all belong to the application scope of the present application, without limitation.

In summary, by redefining the size of the housing of the physiological signal capturing unit and the arrangement of the optical sensor and the electrical contact area thereon, the same physiological signal capturing unit can be commonly used in various wearing structures, and thus can be disposed on various body parts capable of acquiring various physiological signals, such as the head, the ear, the torso, the arm, the wrist, the finger, and the like, and the physiological signals acquired at these positions almost cover the requirements of general physiological monitoring.

Furthermore, if the motion sensing element is disposed in the housing, the movement of the body can be obtained, and/or if the temperature sensing element is added, the body temperature information can be obtained, which is more advantageous.

Furthermore, when the above-mentioned device is applied to the detection during sleep, especially when the device is implemented in a finger-wearing mode, besides the case that the wearing structure is separable from the housing, the wearing structure can also be implemented as an integrally formed finger-wearing structure 600e, for example, as shown in fig. 15, the housing clamped between the finger tips or the finger-wearing structure directly formed to be fixed by the finger ring can be implemented in a feasible manner, without limitation, only by being fixed on the finger.

During sleep, there are several physiological signals that can be measured by fingers and reflect the physiological state of sleep, for example, the blood oxygen concentration can be used to determine whether hyporespiration occurs, such as shallow breathing, apnea, etc., because the amount of oxygen in blood decreases when hyporespiration occurs, and therefore, the change of respiration during sleep can be determined by observing the change of blood oxygen concentration; furthermore, the heart rate can be used to assist in observing physiological states during sleep, such as the state of autonomic nerves, the condition of heart activity, the presence or absence of arrhythmia, etc., and can also be used to determine the time to sleep (sleep onset); still further, if a motion sensing element, such as an accelerometer, is added, body movement information can be provided. Therefore, even with small volume devices worn on the fingers, combining these information, it is possible to obtain quite a lot of information about the physiological state of Sleep, e.g. the quality of Sleep, which is particularly suitable for learning whether there is a Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB), e.g. Sleep Apnea (OSA).

On the other hand, after learning the sleep condition of the user, if a program for helping the user to fall asleep and/or relieving pressure can be provided at the same time, the method will be a more complete solution for the user.

In recent years, more and more researches have shown that the human body can affect the operation system of the body by means of self-conscious regulation to achieve the effect of improving physical and mental health, for example, inducing relaxation response (relax response) in the body. The relaxation response is a body response complementary to the fight or flight response (light-or-flight response), and generally occurs when the body no longer senses a danger, and the activity of the sympathetic nerves in the autonomic nervous system is decreased, and the response can be induced in the body by meditation (meditation), breathing training (breathing), physiological feedback (biofeedback), progressive muscle relaxation (progressive muscle relaxation), yoga, etc., and can be used to treat stress and anxiety.

The physiological feedback is a learning process of how a human body learns to change physiological activities for the purpose of improving health and efficiency, and in the process, the changed physiological activities, such as brain waves, heart rate, respiration, muscle activity or skin temperature, and the like, of the human body can be monitored by an instrument and quickly and accurately feed back information to a subject, and the subject can perform self-conscious regulation and control according to the information after obtaining the information to enhance a required physiological response and/or improve the physiological state of the subject.

The physiological signals such as electroencephalogram, electromyogram, electrodermal, heart rate, blood flow, skin temperature, etc. which can be obtained by the arrangement of the electrodes and/or other physiological sensing elements in the physiological detection device are physiological signals frequently used in physiological feedback procedures.

When alpha waves are dominant in brain waves, the human body is in a relaxed waking state, when beta waves are dominant, the human body is in a waking and tense state, and when theta waves are dominant, the human body is in a relaxed and interrupted state, so that the physiological and consciousness states of the human body can be known by observing the change situation of the brain waves; the myoelectric signal represents the muscle tension of the human body, and the muscle tension is also related to the activity of the autonomic nerve, so the muscle tension can be known; the electrical activity of the skin is related to the activity of the sweat glands, the secretion of which is affected only by the sympathetic nerves, and when the activity of the sympathetic nerves increases, the activity of the sweat glands increases, so that the increase and decrease of the activity of the sympathetic nerves can be known by measuring the electrical activity of the skin, and as is well known, the decrease of the activity of the sympathetic nerves indicates the increase of the activity of the parasympathetic nerves, that is, the human body is in a more relaxed state; the heart rate is controlled by the sympathetic nerve and the parasympathetic nerve, when the activity of the sympathetic nerve is increased, the heart rate is faster, and when the activity of the parasympathetic nerve is increased, the heart rate is slower, so that the situation of activity deterioration between the sympathetic nerve and the parasympathetic nerve can be known by observing a heart rate sequence; in addition, since the blood vessels transmitted to the skin at the extremity of the limb are affected only by the sympathetic nerves, and when the sympathetic nerve activity decreases, the contraction of the blood vessels decreases, the tube diameter becomes larger, the blood flow increases, and the skin surface temperature rises, the increase or decrease of the activity of the sympathetic nerves relative to the parasympathetic nerves can also be inferred by measuring the skin temperature at the extremity of the limb, for example, by measuring the temperature with the temperature sensing element.

As is well known, the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves are the autonomic nervous system of the human body, and therefore, the physiological information related to the autonomic nerves of the human body can be obtained by obtaining the physiological information, and therefore, the physiological information, whether being electrophysiological information, blood physiological information or body temperature information, can be suitably used for a physiological feedback process, for example, physiological feedback can be performed before sleep to achieve a physiological state that is helpful for falling asleep, for example, the proportion of alpha waves in brain waves can be increased by the physiological feedback to induce sleep, and physiological feedback can be performed at idle times at ordinary times, for example, the activity of the parasympathetic nerves can be increased by the physiological feedback to help to relieve mental stress.

Under the situation, the device of the present invention only needs to further cooperate with an information providing unit to provide the physiological signal obtained by correlation to the user through a notification message, so that the user can know the physiological change in real time, and further achieve the setting required for executing the physiological feedback procedure.

For example, the information providing unit may be directly disposed on the physiological detection device to provide information through various notification manners perceivable by vision, hearing, and/or touch, for example, a visual perceivable manner such as a flashing light, a pattern, a numerical value change, etc., an auditory perceivable manner such as a sound, a voice, etc., and/or a touch perceivable manner such as a vibration, a temperature change, etc., and may be achieved by disposing a heating element, a vibrating element, a sound generating element, a display element, etc., which may be various possibilities without limitation.

Moreover, based on the multipurpose feature of the device of the present invention, the user can also select the physiological signal as the basis of the physiological feedback based on the difference of the feedback purpose or the difference of the usage habit, for example, by selecting the finger wearing structure, the user can obtain the body temperature information, the blood physiological information and/or the skin electrical information from the finger, and the relaxed physiological feedback can be easily performed, which is quite convenient.

Furthermore, when adopting the basis the utility model discloses a during wearing formula physiology detection device, only need settle simply and dress the structure, for example, wear the ring, wear glasses, wear the earphone, wear bracelet etc, just equal to the setting of having accomplished physiology sensing element, then, only need begin to carry out physiology detection and obtain real-time physiological information through the information providing unit, just can carry out physiology repayment, and is quite convenient, and also because setting so simply and convenient, just there is not time almost when using, the restriction in place, for example, during the commute, before the sleep etc. all be the time that can carry out physiology repayment, the place, user's wish that fairly helps promoting the user.

In contrast, conventionally, when performing physiological feedback, the physiological detection device often has a complicated wiring, for example, a machine is usually disposed on a table around a user, and the wiring from the machine to the user is performed, for example, if performing electroencephalogram signal detection, a plurality of wires are connected to the head of the user, if measuring skin electrical signals, two wires are usually connected to two fingers of the user, and if performing body temperature detection, the wires also need to be connected to a position where the body temperature is to be obtained.

Of course, the information providing unit may be used for providing other notifications, indications, etc. related to the user during other wearing periods besides the physiological feedback period, for example, when the detected physiological signal meets the default condition, such as fast heartbeat, irregular heart rhythm, low blood oxygen concentration, etc., the user may be reminded by various means, such as sound, vibration, flashing light, etc., and therefore, there is no limitation.

In addition, the information providing unit can also be implemented as an external device, such as a smart phone, a smart watch, a tablet, a computer, etc., in this case, the device according to the present invention only needs to further include a wireless transmission module, such as a bluetooth module, to achieve wireless communication with the external device and provide user information in real time during the physiological feedback period, for example, the device utilizes real-time wireless transmission with the smart phone, such as communication with a physiological detection device worn on the body by executing an application program (APP) on the mobile phone, and the above-mentioned various ways, such as visual, auditory, or tactile, can be achieved by using the mobile phone, not only reducing the burden of the hand, but also because various portable electronic devices, such as the smart phone, the tablet, etc., have been fully integrated into the daily life of the general user, it is also easy to operate without additional learning.

In addition, the wireless communication can be used for simple information transmission, such as the captured physiological signals and the detection results, besides the physiological feedback period, in this case, the wireless transmission can be implemented in real time, or the wireless communication can be implemented after the physiological monitoring is finished without limitation, therefore, the shell can also be provided with a memory for storing the acquired physiological signals and downloading the physiological signals to an external device after the monitoring is finished, and certainly, the memory can also be used as a buffer memory before the wireless transmission without limitation.

It should be noted that the wireless communication and the memory can be implemented in the devices in all the embodiments described herein, that is, any device mentioned herein may be further configured with a wireless transmission module to perform wireless communication with an external device, for example, to transmit the measured physiological information to the external device, or the external device may control, set, etc. the device on the body of the wearing user through the wireless communication and/or configure a memory, without limitation, and such configuration further enhances the convenience of the wearing form.

To sum up, the utility model provides a multipurpose physiology detection device's notion utilizes different wearing structures, just can conveniently and simply set up in different health positions under the situation of using same device, and then gains different physiology signals, not only has cost effectiveness, more reaches and lets the user can change the using-way along with the demand is different, and then obtains the purpose that accords with required physiology signal most.

Claims

1. A multi-purpose physiological detection system for physiological monitoring during sleep, comprising:

a physiological signal capturing unit, comprising:

a housing;

a physiological signal capturing circuit, at least partially accommodated in the housing; and

a light sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit and arranged on the surface of the shell;

a finger-worn structure for being disposed on a finger of a user; and

a further wearing structure for engaging a further body part of the user than the upper limb on which the hand is located,

wherein,

the shell is selectively combined with one of the finger wearing structure and the other wearing structure;

wherein,

when the shell is combined with the finger wearing structure, the optical sensor is arranged at a position which can contact the finger so as to obtain the blood physiological signal of the user from the finger and further know the blood oxygen concentration change; and

wherein,

when the shell is combined with the other wearing structure, the physiological signal acquisition unit is used for acquiring physiological information of the user from the other body part.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the light sensor is implemented as a reflective light sensor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the finger-worn structure is implemented to be disposed in one of the following locations, including: a finger tip, a knuckle where a proximal phalanx is located, a knuckle where a middle phalanx is located, and a palm portion connected to the finger, and wherein the finger-worn structure is implemented as one of the following, including: the finger presss from both sides the structure, and the dactylotheca structure, the structure is worn to the finger of connecting the palm cover to and implement to be made by at least one of following material, include: hard material, soft material, and elastic material.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the other wearable structure is implemented as one of the following, comprising: a head-worn structure, an ear-worn structure, a wrist-worn structure, and a neck-worn structure.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a wireless transmission module housed in the housing, wherein the system communicates with an external device via the wireless transmission module to achieve at least one of the following: downloading data, and monitoring the measured physiological information in real time.

6. A multi-purpose physiological detection system for physiological monitoring during sleep, comprising:

a physiological signal capturing unit, comprising:

a housing;

a physiological signal capturing circuit, at least partially accommodated in the housing;

a memory accommodated in the shell; and

a wireless transmission module for wirelessly communicating with an external device; and

a finger-wearing structure for carrying the physiological signal capturing unit and being disposed on a finger of a user,

wherein,

when the finger-wearing structure is arranged on the finger, the optical sensor is arranged at a position which can contact the finger so as to measure the blood oxygen concentration change of the user from the finger;

wherein,

during sleep monitoring, the measured changes in blood oxygen concentration are stored in the memory; and

the external device wirelessly receives information related to the blood oxygen concentration change to provide the information to the user.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the finger-worn structure is implemented to be disposed in one of the following locations, including: the finger tip, the knuckle where the proximal phalanx is located, the knuckle where the middle phalanx is located, and a palm portion connected with the finger.

8. A multi-purpose physiological detection system, comprising:

a multi-purpose physiological detection device comprising:

a finger-worn structure, which is used for arranging the multi-purpose physiological detection device on a finger of a user;

a physiological signal capturing circuit;

a physiological signal sensing element electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit; and

a wireless transmission module; and

an information providing unit for providing the information of the user,

wherein,

the physiological signal sensing element is constructed to acquire at least one autonomic nerve related physiological information from the finger and provide the physiological information to the user in real time through the information providing unit; and

during the sleep period of the user, the physiological signal sensing element is configured to acquire a sleep physiological state related information from the finger.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the physiological signal sensing element is implemented as at least one of the following, comprising: the optical sensor, the skin electrode, the temperature sensing element, and the motion sensing element are used to obtain at least one of the following physiological signals, including: heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, blood flow variation, skin electrical signals, body temperature, body motion information.

10. A multi-purpose physiological detection system, comprising:

a physiological signal capturing unit, comprising:

a housing;

a physiological signal capturing circuit at least partially disposed in the housing; and

at least one optical sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit and arranged on the surface of the shell;

a finger-worn structure for being disposed on a finger of a user; and

a wrist-wearing structure for being disposed on a wrist of the user,

wherein,

the housing is configured to selectively engage one of the finger-worn structure and the wrist-worn structure; and

wherein,

the at least one light sensor is configured to obtain at least a change in blood oxygen concentration of the user from the finger when the housing is disposed on the finger in association with the finger-worn structure; and

the at least one light sensor is configured to obtain at least heart rate information of the user from the wrist when the housing is disposed at the wrist in combination with the wrist-worn structure.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a motion sensing element to obtain body motion information of the user.

12. A multi-purpose physiological detection system, comprising:

a multi-purpose physiological detection device comprising:

a finger-worn structure for placing the multi-purpose physiological detection device on a finger of a user;

a physiological signal capturing circuit; and

a temperature sensing element electrically connected to the physiological signal acquisition circuit and configured to acquire temperature information of the user from the finger; and

an information providing unit for providing the information of the user,

wherein,

the body temperature information is constructed to be provided to the user in real time through the information providing unit.

13. A multi-purpose physiological detection system, comprising:

a multi-purpose physiological detection device comprising:

a physiological signal capturing circuit;

a light sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal acquisition circuit and configured to acquire heart rate information from the finger; and

at least two electrodermal electrodes electrically connected to the physiological signal acquisition circuit and configured to acquire electrodermal signals from the finger; and

an information providing unit in wireless communication with the multi-purpose physiological detection device,

wherein,

at least one notification message based on the heart rate information and the electrodermal signal is configured to be provided to the user in real time through the message providing unit.

14. A multi-purpose physiological detection system for physiological monitoring during sleep, comprising:

a physiological signal capturing unit, comprising:

a housing;

a light sensor electrically connected to the physiological signal acquisition circuit and arranged on the surface of the shell and

at least two electric contact areas electrically connected to the physiological signal capturing circuit; and

a head-wearing structure for carrying the physiological signal capturing unit and being disposed on a head of a user, comprising:

at least two electrodes configured to be positioned on a surface that can contact the skin of the head when disposed on the head;

wherein,

when the head-wearing structure bears the physiological signal capturing unit, the at least two electric contact areas are electrically connected with the at least two electrodes, so that the physiological signal capturing circuit can obtain the electroencephalogram signals of the user through the at least two electrodes; and

the physiological signal acquisition circuit further obtains the blood oxygen concentration change of the user through the optical sensor; and

wherein,

the EEG signal and the blood oxygen concentration variation are provided to the user.