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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Matti VeliTapani Huiku, Espoo, FI;
Sakari Matias Lamminmaki, Espoo, FI;
Kari Vaino Piipponen, Kerava, FI;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for lowering power consumption in an optical sensor, such as a pulse oximeter. In one example, a method for an optical sensor includes illuminating a light emitter of the optical sensor according to set sensor parameters, the sensor parameters set based on hardware noise or external interference characterization and light transmission or reflection of a tissue contributing to a signal output by the optical sensor, the sensor parameters including current drive parameters of the light emitter, and adjusting the current drive parameters of the light emitter to maintain a target signal to noise ratio of the signal output by the optical sensor.