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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Edsger Constant Pieter Smits, Eindhoven, NL;
Daniele Raiteri, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Van Den Brand, Goirle, NL;
Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Abstract
A heart monitoring system () comprises an array of force-sensitive resistors () spanning a sensor surface (). Each resistor () is configured to change a respective resistance value (R) in accordance with an amount of static pressure (P) exerted on the sensor surface () at a respective location of the force-sensitive resistor () by a subject (). An array of piezoelectric transducers () is interspersed among the array of force-sensitive resistors (). Each transducer () is configured to generatea respective time-dependent electrical signal (S) in accordance with respective vibrations (F) exerted on the sensor surface () at a respective location of the transducer () by the subject (). A controller () is configured to determine a heart rate (H1) of the subject () based on a combination of the measured resistance values (R) of the force-sensitiveresistors () and the time-dependent electrical signals (S) of the piezoelectric transducers ().