Abstract: A data processing device is disclosed for extracting a desired vital signal containing a physiological information component from sensor data that includes time-dependent first sensor data comprising the physiological information component and at least one motion artifact component, and that includes time-dependent second sensor data that is indicative of a position, a velocity or an acceleration of the sensed region as a function of time. A decomposition unit decomposes the second sensor data into at least two components of decomposed sensor data and, based on the decomposed second sensor data, provides at least two different sets of motion reference data in at least two different motion reference data channels. An artifact removal unit determines the vital signal formed from a linear combination of the first sensor data and the motion reference data of at least one two of the motion reference data channels.

Abstract: A device for extracting physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign of a subject from detected electromagnetic radiation transmitted through or reflected from a subject comprises an input interface for receiving a data stream of detection data derived from detected electromagnetic radiation transmitted through or reflected from a skin region of a subject. The detection data comprises wavelength-dependent reflection or transmission information in at least two signal channels representative of respective wavelength portions. A signal mixer dynamically mixes the at least two signal channels into at least one mixed signal. A processor derives physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign from the at least one mixed signal, and a controller controls the signal mixer to limit the relative contributions of the at least two signal channels mixed into at least one mixed signal and/or the rate-of-change at which said relative contributions are allowed to dynamically change.

Abstract: A sensor system is for determining a breathing type of a subject. It has first and second electromagnetic radiation (e.g. optical) sensors, for example PPG sensors. The sensors are for application to the skin of the subject at different sensor locations. The signals from the first and second sensors are analyzed to determine if there is predominantly a first breathing type (e.g. chest breathing) or predominantly a second breathing type (e.g. belly breathing), or a mixture of the first and second breathing types.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for vital signs detection. The system comprises a radiation source (16) for emitting radiation in a limited wavelength range for illuminating a skin area of a subject and a radiation detector (12), a radiation detector (12, 30, 40) for detecting radiation reflected from a skin area of a subject (1) in response to said illumination, and for generating first and second detector signals, the first detector signal representing radiation (2) reflected from the skin area of a subject in a first wavelength subrange of said limited wavelength range of radiation (3) and the second detector signal representing radiation in a second wavelength sub-range of said limited wavelength range of radiation different from said first wavelength sub-range, and a vital signs detector (14) for detecting a vital sign from a combination of said first and second detector signals by computing the difference between said first and second detector signals.

Abstract: To allow better quality rendering of video on any display, a method is proposed of encoding, in addition to video data (VID), additional data (DD), wherein the additional data includes at least one change time instant (TMA_1) indicating a change in time of a characteristic luminance (CHRLUM) of the video data, which characteristic luminance summarizes a set of luminances of pixels in an image of the video data, the method: generates on the basis of the video data (VID) descriptive data (DED) regarding the characteristic luminance variation of the video, the descriptive data comprising at least one change time instant (TMA_1), and encodes and outputs the descriptive data (DED) as additional data (DD).

Abstract: To allow better quality rendering of video on any display, a method is proposed of encoding, in addition to video data (VID), additional data (DD) comprising at least one change time instant (TMA_1) indicating a change in time of a characteristic luminance (CHRLUM) of the video data, which characteristic luminance summarizes the set of luminances of pixels in an image of the video data, the method comprising: generating on the basis of the video data (VID) descriptive data (DED) regarding the characteristic luminance variation of the video, the descriptive data comprising at least one change time instant (TMA_1), and encoding and outputting the descriptive data (DED) as additional data (DD).

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for determining a pulse signal from a video sequence, the apparatus comprising a processing unit configured to obtain a video sequence, the video sequence comprising a plurality of image frames; form a plurality of video sub-sequences, each video sub-sequence comprising a frame segment from each image frame in a subset of the image frames, wherein each image frame is divided into a plurality of frame segments; for a first video sub-sequence formed from frame segments from a first subset of image frames, comparing a representative value for the first video sub-sequence to representative values for video sub-sequences formed from frame segments from a second subset of image frames; concatenate the first video sub-sequence to a second video sub-sequence formed from frame segments from the second subset of image frames based on the comparison of representative values; and determine a pulse signal from the concatenated video sub-sequences.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for enabling to analyze a property of a vital sign detector (20). The proposed method comprises the steps of providing a virtual phantom (14) of a living being, rendering an artificial vital sign on the displayed virtual phantom (14), and outputting the virtual phantom (14) with the rendered artificial vital sign to the vital sign detector (20).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of skin detection of a human subject using a textile product. The textile product (10, 31, 43) is made from or comprising textile including near-infrared, NIR, absorbing pigments. It supports and/or partially covers the human subject while skin detection and/or detection/monitoring vital signs of the human subject is carried out. A increased contrast between the textile product and skin in the NIR wavelength range is thus achieved.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for identifying living skin tissue in a video sequence, the apparatus comprising a processing unit configured to receive a video sequence, the video sequence comprising a plurality of image frames; divide each of the image frames into a plurality of frame segments, wherein each frame segment is a group of neighboring pixels in the image frame; form a plurality of video sub-sequences, each video sub-sequence comprising a frame segment from two or more of the plurality of image frames; analyze the plurality of video sub-sequences to determine a pulse signal for each video sub-sequence; determine a similarity matrix based on pairwise similarities for each determined pulse signal with each of the other determined pulse signals; and identify areas of living skin tissue in the video sequence from the similarity matrix.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for skin detection. To enable a reliable, accurate and fast detection the proposed device comprises an input interface (30) for obtaining image data of a scene, said image data comprising a time sequence of image frames, an extraction unit (31) for extracting a photoplethysmography (PPG) signal from a region of interest of said image data, a transformation unit (32) for transforming said PPG signal into a spectral signal, a sorting unit (33) for sorting said spectral signal to obtain a sorted spectral signal representing a descriptor, and a classifier (34) for classifying said region of interest as skin region of a living being or as non-skin region based on the descriptor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for pulsatility detection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining a vital sign of a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and a method for generating a photoplethysmographic image carrying vital sign information of a subject.

Abstract: There is provided a system and method of assessing the quality of the extraction of the signal and the reliability of the physiological measurement by providing a system for producing a quality metric for physiological information extraction from a sequence of image frames, the system comprising a signal extraction unit configured to extract a signal representative of a physiological characteristic from a plurality of the image frames, a signal analyzer configured to calculate a plurality of physiological information results from the signal using a plurality of calculation functions, the plurality of calculation functions being comprised within a list of calculation functions, each physiological information result being calculated using a different calculation function, and a quality metric calculator for calculating a quality metric value based on a signal analysis metric derived from a comparison between the physiological information results of the plurality of physiological information results.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and a method for determining vital sign information of a subject. To provide an increased signal quality and an improved robustness of the obtained vital sign information with respect to motion and low SNR, the proposed device tries to find the linear combination of the color channels, which suppresses the distortions best in a frequency band including the pulse rate, and consequently use this same linear combination to extract the desired vital sign information (e.g. represented by a vital sign information signal such as a respiration signal or Mayer waves) in a lower frequency band.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable device for acquiring physiological information of a subject.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for identifying living skin tissue in a video sequence, the apparatus comprising a processing unit configured to obtain a video sequence, the video sequence comprising a plurality of image frames; divide each of the image frames into a first plurality of frame segments; form a first plurality of video sub-sequences, each video sub-sequence comprising a frame segment from the first plurality of frame segments for two or more of the image frames; divide each of the image frames into a second plurality of frame segments, the second plurality of frame segments comprising a greater number of frame segments than the first plurality of frame segments; form a second plurality of video sub-sequences, each video sub-sequence comprising a frame segment from the second plurality of frame segments for two or more of the image frames; analyze the video sub-sequences in the first plurality of video sub-sequences and the second plurality of video sub-sequences to determi

Abstract: A device for determining the concentration of a substance in the blood of a subject, such as the oxygen saturation, which device reduces or removes the influence of specular reflection and/or subject motion, comprises an input unit for receiving detection signals reflected back or transmitted through a skin area of the subject in response to irradiation of the skin area by a radiation signal, a signal extraction unit for extracting at least three photo-plethysmography, PPG, signals at different wavelengths from said detection signals, a processing unit for normalizing said at least three PPG signals and forming a first difference signal between a first normalized PPG signal and a second normalized PPG signal and a second difference signal between a third normalized PPG signal and one other of the at least three normalized PPG signals and for forming a ratio between said first difference signal and said second difference signal, and an concentration detection unit for calculating the concentration of a substan

Abstract: A two-state wearable device may include a wearable band (e.g., a watch band) and a display module (e.g., a watch face). In a “detached” state, the wearable band and display module act as separate devices, and the display module can be charging its battery while the wearable band gathers sensor data (e.g., sleep tracking data) and provides a vibrating/audio alarm clock function. In an “attached” state, the wearable band and display module act together as a single device, meaning that the data collected by the wearable band during the “detached” state is sent to and stored at the display module, and that sleep settings input at a user interface of the display module impact the wearable band's alarm function. The display module may also use its newly-recharged battery to recharge the wearable band's battery so that it can be used the next night.