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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Murtaza Bulut, Eindhoven, NL;
Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerrit Maria Kersten, Veldhoven, NL;
Michel Jozef Agnes Asselman, Nuenen, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining a vital sign of a person. To improve accuracy and reliability of vital sign determination, the device comprises an input unit () for obtaining a vital sign related signal of at least a body part of the person, from which a vital sign can be derived, a body part position determining unit () for determining if said body part of the person is in contact with a support or not and generating a contact signal indicating if said body part is in contact with the support or not, a quality metric setting unit () for setting, based on said contact signal, a quality metric for use in the determination of a vital sign of the person, and a vital sign deriving unit () for deriving a vital sign from the obtained vital sign related signal, wherein the set quality metric is used in the derivation of the vital sign and/or in a judgment of the reliability of a derived vital.