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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Equos Research Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Michael Jones, Tokyo, JP;

Hideo Yamada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/021 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/57 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02108 (2013.01); G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/57 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pulse wave detection device color converts a frame image of a moving image from RBG components to YIQ components, and identifies an eye section using the eye color of a user prepared in advance with a Q component. Next, the pulse wave detection device uses the Y values of the eye section to detect the brightness of the imaging environment. Then, the pulse wave detection device detects a pulse wave signal Qm on the basis of the average of the Q-values of a skin section in the frame image, corrects a change in the brightness by subtracting from Qm the average value Ye of the Y values of the eye section, and thereby outputs a post-brightness-correction Qm. As a result, a pulse wave can be successfully detected even if the brightness is changing because the user is moving in a vehicle or the like.


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