Patent Application
20240215827
This application relates to the field of measurement technologies, and in particular, to a photoplethysmography (photoplethysmography, PPG) control method and apparatus, and an electronic device.
In an application scenario of a conventional technology, wearable products, such as smartwatches, need to use photoplethysmography (photoplethysmography, PPG) to measure human health characteristics such as a heart rate, a respiratory rate, and blood oxygen.
Using a smartwatch as an example, currently, a common PPG implementation method is to arrange a PPG module on the back of the smartwatch. The PPG module includes a light-emitting diode (light-emitting diode, LED) and a photodiode (Photo-Diode, PD). Light emitted by the LED irradiates skin and then is reflected, and the reflected light is collected by the PD, and an optical signal collected by the PD is calculated to measure human body characteristics.
A wearable product is usually powered by a battery. Therefore, to prolong a battery duration of the wearable product, power consumption of the PPG module needs to be minimized. In addition, to obtain accurate human body characteristic parameters as far as possible, it is also required to ensure measurement accuracy of the PPG module on the wearable product. Therefore, a PPG control method is required to reduce the power consumption of the PPG module while ensuring the measurement accuracy of the PPG module.
In view of a problem of how to ensure measurement accuracy of a photoplethysmography (photoplethysmography, PPG) module and reduce power consumption of the PPG module in a conventional technology, this application provides a PPG control method and apparatus, and an electronic device, and this application further provides a computer-readable storage medium.
The following technical solutions are used in embodiments of this application:
According to a first aspect, this application provides a PPG control method, where the method is applied to an electronic device, and the electronic device includes a PPG module including a light emitting module. The PPG control method according to this application includes at least the following process steps:
In the method according to this embodiment of this application, different PPG control schemes are used based on different measurement environments and/or measurement targets, so that a waste of power can be avoided while measurement accuracy is ensured, thereby reducing power consumption of the PPG module while ensuring measurement accuracy of the PPG module.
In an actual operation scenario, the PPG module may measure a heart rate based on green light, because under the same power consumption, a heart rate measurement effect of green light is better than that of red light, that is, power consumption of emitting green light is less than that of emitting red light when a same measurement effect is achieved.
Therefore, to reduce the power consumption, in an implementation of the first aspect, the light emitting module includes a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, and a third light emitting device, where the first light emitting device is configured to emit green light, the second light emitting device is configured to emit red light, and the third light emitting device is configured to emit infrared light. In the execution process of determining the light emitting mode of the light emitting module based on the current measurement environment and/or measurement target, the light emitting mode of the light emitting module is determined based on the measurement target, and the first light emitting device is enabled when the measurement target is a heart rate; or the second light emitting device and the third light emitting device are enabled when the measurement target is blood oxygen.
In an actual operation scenario, when a same measurement effect is achieved, an LED light intensity required in a motion state is greater than that required in a rest or sleep state.
Therefore, to reduce the power consumption, in an implementation of the first aspect, the light emitting module includes a plurality of light emitting devices, and the plurality of light emitting devices support emission of a same type of light. In the execution process of determining the light emitting mode of the light emitting module based on the current measurement environment and/or measurement target, the light emitting mode of the light emitting module is determined based on the measurement environment, and all light emitting devices of the light emitting module are enabled when the measurement environment is motion; or some light emitting devices of the light emitting module are enabled when the measurement environment is rest or sleep.
In an actual operation scenario, when a user is sleeping, visible light may affect sleep quality of the user.
Therefore, to improve user experience, in an implementation of the first aspect, the light emitting module includes a fourth light emitting device and a fifth light emitting device, where the fourth light emitting device is configured to emit visible light, and the fifth light emitting device is configured to emit infrared light. In the process of determining the light emitting mode of the light emitting module based on the current measurement environment and/or measurement target, the light emitting mode of the light emitting module is determined based on the measurement environment, and the fourth light emitting device is enabled when the measurement environment is motion or rest; or the fifth light emitting device is enabled when the measurement environment is sleep.
In an actual operation scenario, when blood oxygen is measured, simultaneous emission of red light and infrared light will interfere with each other, which affects measurement accuracy.
Therefore, to improve measurement accuracy, in an implementation of the first aspect, the light emitting module includes a sixth light emitting device and a seventh light emitting device, where the sixth light emitting device is configured to emit red light, and the seventh light emitting device is configured to emit infrared light. In the process of determining the light emitting mode of the light emitting module based on the current measurement environment and/or measurement target, the light emitting mode of the light emitting module is determined based on the measurement target, and the sixth light emitting device and the seventh light emitting device are alternately enabled when the measurement target is blood oxygen.
Based on the scheme of controlling the light emitting module according to the first aspect, in an implementation of the first aspect, the light emitting module includes an eighth light emitting device, a ninth light emitting device, a tenth light emitting device, and an eleventh light emitting device, where the eighth light emitting device and the ninth light emitting device are configured to emit green light, and the tenth light emitting device and the eleventh light emitting device are configured to emit red light and infrared light.
The determining a light emitting mode of the light emitting module based on the current measurement environment and/or measurement target includes:
In an actual operation scenario, a higher PPG sampling rate indicates higher PPG power consumption.
Therefore, to reduce power consumption, in an implementation of the first aspect, the method further includes:
Specifically, in an application scenario, the first sampling rate is 100 Hz, and the second sampling rate is 25 Hz.
In an actual operation scenario, a longer PPG integration time indicates higher PPG power consumption.
Therefore, to reduce power consumption, in an implementation of the first aspect, the method further includes:
Specifically, in an application scenario, the first integration time is 79 us, and the second integration time is 39 us.
According to a second aspect, this application provides a PPG control apparatus, where the apparatus is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device includes a PPG module, the PPG module includes a light emitting module, and the apparatus includes:
According to a third aspect, this application provides an electronic device, where the electronic device includes a memory configured to store a computer program instruction and a processor configured to execute a computer program instruction, and when the computer program instruction is executed by the processor, the electronic device is triggered to perform the steps of the method according to the first aspect.
According to a fourth aspect, this application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform the method according to the first aspect or the second aspect.
To make the objective, technical solutions, and advantages of this application clearer, the technical solutions of this application are clearly and completely described below with reference to specific embodiments of this application and corresponding accompanying drawings. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some rather than all of embodiments of this application. Based on embodiments of this application, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of this application.
Terms used in implementations of this application are merely intended to explain specific embodiments of this application, but are not intended to limit this application.
An operation process of a photoplethysmography (photoplethysmography, PPG) module usually includes: A light-emitting diode (light-emitting diode, LED) in the PPG module emits light; light irradiates human skin and then is reflected; and the reflected light is collected by a photodiode (Photo-Diode, PD) in the PPG module to obtain data of the reflected light.
During operation, operation of the PPG module needs to be controlled based on a configured PPG control scheme (operation strategy), and the PPG control scheme includes an operation mode and operation parameters of each device in the PPG module. For example, the PPG control scheme may include any one or a combination of more of the following:
A luminous frequency of an LED in the PPG module. Light emission of the LED may lead to power consumption, and therefore a higher luminous frequency of the LED indicates higher power consumption of the PPG module.
A luminous intensity of the LED in the PPG module. Light emission of the LED may lead to power consumption, and therefore a higher luminous intensity of the LED indicates higher power consumption of the PPG module.
A reflected-light collection frequency of the PD in the PPG module, that is, a PPG sampling rate. The PPG sampling rate is usually consistent with the luminous frequency of the LED in the PPG module, that is, when the LED in the PPG module emits light, the PD in the PPG module collects reflected light; and the collection of the reflected light by the PD may lead to power consumption, and therefore a higher PPG sampling rate indicates higher power consumption of the PPG module.
An integration time of the PD in the PPG module. When the PD collects the reflected light, a process of obtaining the data of the reflected light is not an instantaneous process. The PD needs to collect data of the reflected light for specific duration, and the data collected in the specific duration needs to undergo integral calculation before effective data of the reflected light can be obtained. The specific duration is referred to as an integration time. The collection of the reflected light by the PD may lead to power consumption, and therefore a longer integration time indicates higher power consumption of the PPG module.
A quantity of groups of the data of the reflected light collected by the PD. When the PPG module is used for measurement, the PD may continuously collect a plurality of groups (for example, 100 groups) of data of the reflected light, and form a curve of the data of the reflected light based on the plurality of groups of data of the reflected light; calculate based on the curve of the data of the reflected light, determine a curve peak (peak searching by using an algorithm), and calculate a measurement result based on the curve peak. The collection of the reflected light by the PD may lead to power consumption, and therefore a larger quantity of groups of data of the reflected light that needs to be collected by the PD indicates higher power consumption of the PPG module.
For PPG measurement, one of the most important technical indicators is measurement accuracy. To ensure the measurement accuracy, impact of a measurement environment on measurement accuracy when a PPG control scheme of the PPG module is configured needs to be considered. For example, when there is a gap between a PPG module of a measuring device and human skin, external light may affect collection by the PD. To ensure that the PD collects accurate data of the reflected light, interference factors of external light needs to be considered when the luminous intensity of the LED in the PPG control scheme is configured. The finally configured luminous intensity of the LED may be higher than that when the interference factors of the external light are not considered.
In an actual measurement scenario of the PPG module, a measurement environment is not unchanging. For example, an intensity of external light may change. In different measurement environments, there are different requirements for PPG performance indicators while measurement accuracy is ensured. To ensure measurement accuracy in different measurement environments, a first measurement environment is usually pre-designed when the PPG control scheme of the PPG module is configured. The first measurement environment is a measurement environment with a highest requirement for a PPG performance indicator in an expected operation scenario of the PPG module. The PPG control scheme of the PPG module (the first PPG control scheme) is configured by referring to the first measurement environment, to ensure that the PPG module can obtain accurate measured data in the first measurement environment. In this way, theoretically, when the PPG module runs in the first PPG control scheme, measurement accuracy can be ensured in all expected operation scenarios. For example, considering impact of external light on collection by the PD, the luminous intensity of the LED is configured by referring to a sunlight intensity at noon. In this way, the luminous intensity of the LED can meet the sunlight intensity in other periods.
Power consumption of the PPG module is different in different PPG control schemes. For example, the power consumption of the LED varies with the configuration of the luminous intensity of the LED in different PPG control schemes. Because the first measurement environment is a measurement environment with a highest requirement for a PPG performance indicator in an expected operation scenario, for a measurement environment with a relatively low performance indicator requirement, when the PPG module runs in the first PPG control scheme, the performance indicator of the PPG module exceeds the performance indicator required to ensure measurement accuracy. In this case, for the purpose of ensuring measurement accuracy, the PPG module has a waste of power.
To avoid a waste of power and reduce the power consumption of the PPG module while ensuring measurement accuracy of the PPG module, this application provides a PPG control method. In the method of this application, a PPG control scheme of the PPG module is determined based on a current measurement environment and a measurement target of a portable device, so that the PPG module can meet a measurement accuracy requirement in the current measurement environment and avoid a waste of power, thereby reducing the power consumption of the PPG module while ensuring the measurement accuracy of the PPG module.
Specifically, the PPG module is installed on the portable device. When the PPG module needs to be enabled for measurement, the portable device detects the current measurement environment and measurement target (a heart rate and/or blood oxygen), invokes a corresponding PPG control scheme based on the current measurement environment, generates a PPG module control instruction based on the invoked PPG control scheme, and sends the PPG module control instruction to the PPG module.
In this embodiment of this application, the portable device may be any electronic device on which a PPG module can be installed. For example, the portable device may be a portable electronic device such as a smartwatch and a smart band. When a user wears the portable device, the PPG module of the portable device is close to the user's skin to implement a measurement operation. For another example, the portable device may alternatively be a non-portable electronic device provided with a PPG module, and the user puts the PPG module of the portable device close to the skin when performing measurement.
Further, the portable device may be an independent electronic device, the independent electronic device includes a data processing module, and measured data collected by the PPG module is processed by the portable device (for example, a smartwatch) to generate a measurement result.
The portable device may alternatively be a part of a measuring system. For example, the portable device does not include a data processing module for processing measured data. A function of the portable device in the measuring system is only to collect measured data. The portable device and another electronic device (for example, a mobile phone) with a data processing module form a measuring system. The user wears a portable device, and after a PPG module of the portable device collects measured data, the measured data is sent to another device in the measuring system for data processing to obtain a measurement result.
Specifically,
S200: Determine a current measurement environment and measurement target, where the measurement target includes measurement of a heart rate and measurement of blood oxygen.
S210: Determine a corresponding PPG control scheme based on the current measurement environment and measurement target.
S220: Generate a corresponding control instruction based on the PPG control scheme determined in step S210, and send the control instruction to the PPG module.
In the method according to this embodiment of this application, different PPG control schemes are used based on different measurement environments and measurement targets, so that a waste of power can be avoided while measurement accuracy is ensured, thereby reducing power consumption of the PPG module while ensuring measurement accuracy of the PPG module.
In an actual application scenario, a person skilled in the art can design a specific implementation of steps S200-S220 based on a specific application requirement, which is not specifically limited in this application. The specific implementation of step S200-S220 is described below by using an example.
In an actual application scenario, many environmental factors affect the PPG module. Therefore, in step S200, one or more measurement environment parameters may be identified to confirm one or more types of characteristics of the measurement environment, so that a PPG control scheme of the PPG module can be determined pertinently subsequently.
Specifically, in an actual application scenario, when the human body is in a motion state, relative positions of the portable device and the human skin are often in a dynamic change state; however, when the human body is in a still state, the relative positions of the portable device and the human skin are often in a still state. Because the PPG module needs to collect light that is emitted by a light emitting device and that is reflected by skin, to ensure measurement accuracy of the PPG module, a requirement for luminous parameters of the light emitting device of the PPG module when the human body is in a motion state is different from that when the human body is in a motion state.
Therefore, in an implementation of step S200, a user state is identified. For example, it is identified whether the user state is a motion state or a non-motion state.
Specifically, in an implementation of step S200, a default user state is a non-motion state, and the user may manually click to enter the motion mode to change the user state to the motion state.
Further, generally, when the user is in a non-motion state, the user may be working, reading, or sleeping. Therefore, to accurately identify the current measurement environment, in another implementation of step S200, during identification of the user state, when the user state is a non-motion state, whether the user is in a sleep state is further identified, to distinguish whether the user is in a rest state or a sleep state. For example, it is identified whether the user state is a motion state, a rest state, or a sleep state.
Further, when the user state is in the motion state, further identification may be performed to distinguish an intensity of the motion, such as large-amplitude intense motion and small-amplitude motion.
Specifically, in an implementation of step S200, the portable device can determine the user state based on measured data of an accelerometer (ACC) and a barometer arranged thereon. For example, by using the built-in ACC (accelerometer) of a watch, motion states of the watch in three directions X, Y, and Z are determined, and with reference to model analysis of the user's motion, whether the user is moving (walking, pace running, and cycling may be judged) is determined after continuous tracking for a period of time (at least 5 minutes). For another example, by using the built-in ACC (accelerometer) of the watch, the motion states of the watch in the three directions X, Y, and Z are determined, and with reference to the user's heart rate data (the heart rate decreases during sleep), whether the user is sleeping is determined after continuous tracking for a period of time (at least 10 minutes).
In step S210, a corresponding PPG control scheme may be generated based on the current measurement environment and measurement target; or before step S210, a plurality of PPG control schemes are pre-generated for different measurement environments and/or measurement targets, and in step S210, a PPG control scheme matching the current measurement environment and measurement target is invoked from the pre-generated PPG control schemes.
In an actual application scenario, a person skilled in the art may configure corresponding PPG control schemes for different measurement environments and/or measurement targets based on actual requirements. Specific content of a PPG control scheme is not specifically limited in this application. Specific content of a PPG control scheme is described below by using a specific embodiment as an example.
The light emitting device of the PPG module is an LED 511 and an LED 512. The LED 511 and the LED 512 are both three-in-one LEDs. The LED 511 and the LED 512 can emit green light, red light, and infrared light. The PPG module can control light emitting types of the LED 511 and the LED 512 based on an input control instruction. The photoelectric conversion device of the PPG module is PDs 521-528. A charging PLN is a charging interface of the smartwatch 500.
The smartwatch 500 can identify a current measurement environment (a user state: a motion state, a rest state, or a sleep state) (a motion state identification result is displayed on the smartwatch 500 as shown in
The smartwatch 500 may invoke one of a plurality of preconfigured PPG control schemes based on different user states and measurement targets. The smartwatch 500 controls operation of the PPG module based on the invoked PPG control scheme. The following example illustrates a specific implementation in which the smartwatch 500 controls operation of a PPG module based on a current measurement environment and measurement target.
In step S210, a PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500 includes an enabled light emitting device(s) (an LED 511 and/or an LED 512), alight emitting type of the light emitting device(s) (green light, or red light, or infrared light), a PPG sampling rate, a PPG integration time, and a quantity of groups of data of the reflected light to be collected in each round of measurement.
Specifically, a quantity of light emitting devices enabled in the PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500 matches a specific user state. When the user state is a motion state, to ensure measurement accuracy, a luminous intensity should be enhanced as far as possible, and the LED 511 and the LED 512 should be enabled to emit light. When the user state is in a rest or sleep state, to reduce power consumption, one of the LED 511 and the LED 512 is enabled to emit light.
It should be noted herein that in this embodiment, different quantities of light emitting devices are enabled based on the user state, and the purpose is to adopt different emitted-light intensities based on the user state, so that a lower emitted-light intensity is adopted when the user state is a rest or sleep state than when the user state is a motion state.
Because the PPG module of the smartwatch 500 is provided with two light emitting devices with a same function, namely the LED 511 and the LED 512, in this embodiment, the quantity of light emitting devices enabled is changed to achieve different emitted-light intensities. In another embodiment of the method according to this application, different emitted-light intensities can be achieved in another manner based on a specific configuration of the light emitting devices of the PPG module. For example, the emitted-light intensity of LEDs is changed by changing a drive voltage/drive current of the LEDs.
Further, the PP module is usually provided with a red light-emitting diode and an infrared light-emitting diode, so as to use red light and infrared light to measure a heart rate and blood oxygen. For example,
In an actual application scenario, the PPG module may alternatively measure a heart rate based on light other than red light and infrared light. Specifically, when the heart rate is measured, a better signal is obtained when green light is used as a light source compared with when red light is used. One of reasons is that blood more easily absorbs green light. The blood is red because of hemoglobin in red blood cells. Compared with red light, green light can be absorbed by the hemoglobin. Some red light is absorbed by moisture on the skin, which affects a measurement result. Therefore, when the power consumption is the same, measurement accuracy when green light is used is higher than measurement accuracy when red light is used; that is, when the measurement accuracy is the same, the power consumption when green light is used is lower.
Therefore, in this embodiment, to improve heart rate measurement accuracy and reduce power consumption of emitted light, a luminous type of the light emitting device enabled in the PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500 matches a measurement target. When the measurement target is a heart rate, the LED 511 and/or the LED 512 emit(s) green light, to improve the measurement accuracy; or when the measurement target is blood oxygen, the LED 511 and/or the LED 512 emit(s) red light and infrared light.
Further, when the measurement target is blood oxygen, the LED(s) of the PPG module need(s) to emit red light and infrared light, and the PD of the PPG module needs to collect data of the reflected light of red light and infrared light separately. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the measurement target is blood oxygen, the LED 511 and/or the LED 512 alternately emit(s) red light and infrared light to avoid mutual interference between the red light and the infrared light, thereby greatly improving accuracy of collecting data of the reflected light. In addition, to ensure accuracy of collecting data of the reflected light, when collecting data of the reflected light, the PD collects data of the reflected light of reflected light of only red light or infrared light at a same time. By adopting a mode of alternately emitting red light and infrared light, an emitted-light collection frequency of the PD matches that of a frequency of alternately emitting red light and infrared light, which can greatly improve effective utilization of LED light.
Further, the PPG sampling rate is a frequency at which the PD measures reflected light during operation of the PPG module. In a motion state, a change frequency of a distance between the PPG module and the user's skin is much greater than that in a non-motion state. To ensure measurement accuracy, the PPG module needs to adopt a higher PPG sampling rate in the motion state than that in a non-motion state.
A higher PPG sampling rate indicates higher power consumption of the PPG module during operation. To reduce power consumption, the PPG sampling rate needs to be kept to match PPG performance parameters required to ensure measurement accuracy, so as to avoid an excessive PPG sampling rate. Therefore, in this embodiment, the PPG sampling rate in the PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500 matches a specific user state, and the PPG sampling rate for the motion state is greater than that for the non-motion state. When the user state is the motion state, the PPG sampling rate is 100 Hz (first sampling rate); or when the user state is the non-motion state, the PPG sampling rate is 25 Hz (second sampling rate).
It should be noted herein that a specific value of the PPG sampling rate is not specifically limited in this application, and in another embodiment, a person skilled in the art can configure a specific value of the PPG sampling rate based on an actual requirement.
Further, the PPG integration time is a measurement time for the PD to measure reflected light each time during operation of the PPG module. In a motion state, a change frequency of a distance between the PPG module and the user's skin is much greater than that in a non-motion state. To ensure measurement accuracy, the PPG module needs to adopt a longer PPG integration time in the motion state than that in the non-motion state.
A longer PPG integration time indicates higher power consumption of the PPG module during operation. To reduce power consumption, the PPG integration time needs to be kept to match PPG performance parameters required to ensure measurement accuracy, so as to avoid an excessive PPG integration time. Therefore, in this embodiment, the PPG integration time in the PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500 matches a specific user state, and the PPG integration time for the motion state is greater than that for the non-motion state. When the user state is the motion state, the PPG integration time is 79 us (first integration time); or when the user state is the non-motion state, the PPG integration time is 39 us (second integration time).
It should be noted herein that a specific value of the PPG integration time is not specifically limited in this application, and in another embodiment, a person skilled in the art can configure a specific value of the PPG integration time based on an actual requirement.
Further, in an actual application scenario, when the user is sleeping, if a portable device emits visible light (for example, red light or green light), sleep quality of the user may be affected. Therefore, in this embodiment, a luminous type of light emitting devices in the PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500 matches a user state. When the user is in a sleep state, during measurement of a heart rate, the LED 511 and/or the LED 512 are/is enabled to emit infrared light; or when the user is in a motion or rest state, during measurement of the heart rate, the LED 511 and/or LED 512 emit(s) green light.
In summary, in Embodiment 1, when the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a motion state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 and the LED 512 to emit green light. The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to a data processing module (a data processing module of the smartwatch 500 or a data processing unit of the PPG module) for peak searching by using an algorithm. A measurement result is displayed on the smartwatch 500 as shown in
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a rest state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 or the LED 512 to emit green light (enables one LED). The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 39 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a sleep state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 or the LED 512 to emit infrared light. The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 39 us, and then upload the data for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a motion state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 and the LED 512 to alternately emit red light and infrared light. The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a rest or sleep state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 or the LED 512 to alternately emit red light and infrared light (enables one LED). The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 39 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a motion state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 and the LED 512 to emit green light. The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to a data processing module (a data processing module of the smartwatch 500 or a data processing unit of the PPG module) for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a rest state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 or the LED 512 to emit green light (enables one LED). The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to a data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a sleep state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 or the LED 512 to emit infrared light. The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a motion state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 and the LED 512 to alternately emit red light and infrared light. The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a rest or sleep state, the smartwatch 500 enables the LED 511 or the LED 512 to alternately emit red light and infrared light (enables one LED). The PDs 521-528 collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to a data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
In Embodiment 1, in a PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500, an enabled light emitting device(s) (an LED 511 and/or an LED 512), alight emitting type of the light emitting device(s) (green light, or red light, or infrared light), a PPG sampling rate, and a PPG integration time match a current measurement environment and measurement target. That is, based on different measurement environments and measurement targets, during operation, the PPG module of the smartwatch 500 enables a corresponding light emitting device and adopts a corresponding luminous type, a corresponding PPG sampling rate, and a corresponding PPG integration time. In addition, based on different measurement environments and measurement targets, the PPG module of the smartwatch 500 adopts a same quantity of groups (100 groups) of data of the reflected light to be collected in each round of measurement.
In Embodiment 2, in a PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500, an enabled light emitting device(s) (an LED 511 and/or an LED 512), a light emitting type of the light emitting device(s) (green light, or red light, or infrared light), and a PPG sampling rate match a current measurement environment and measurement target. That is, based on different measurement environments and measurement targets, during operation, the PPG module of the smartwatch 500 enables a corresponding light emitting device and adopts a corresponding luminous type and a corresponding PPG sampling rate. In addition, based on different measurement environments and measurement targets, the PPG module of the smartwatch 500 adopts a same PPG integration time (79 us) and a same quantity of groups (100 groups) of data of the reflected light to be collected in each round of measurement.
In another embodiment of this application, a PPG control scheme invoked by the smartwatch 500 may be a configuration scheme different from those in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. For example, based on different measurement environments and measurement targets, the PPG module of the smartwatch 500 adopts different quantities of groups of data of the reflected light to be collected in each round of measurement (when the user state is a motion state, the PPG module collects 100 groups of data, and uploads the data for peak searching by using an algorithm; or when the user state is a rest or sleep state, the PPG module collects 80 groups of data, and uploads the data for peak searching by using an algorithm).
Further, the PPG control method of this application may be applied to another application scenario different from the application scenario shown in
A light emitting device of a PPG module includes an LED 611 and an LED 612, and the LED 611 and the LED 612 are two-in-one LEDs. The LED 611 and the LED 612 can emit red light and infrared light, but cannot emit green light. A control device (for example, a smartwatch) of the PPG module can identify a current measurement environment (a user state: a motion state, a rest state, or a sleep state) and measurement target (a heart rate or blood oxygen).
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a motion state, both the LED 611 and the LED 612 are enabled to emit red light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a rest state, the LED 611 or the LED 612 is enabled to emit red light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a sleep state, the LED 611 or the LED 612 is enabled to emit infrared light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a motion state, both the LED 611 and the LED 612 are enabled to alternately emit red light and infrared light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a rest or sleep state, the LED 611 or the LED 612 is enabled to alternately emit red light and infrared light (one LED is enabled). The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
A light emitting device of a PPG module includes only an LED 711, and the LED 711 is a two-in-one LED. The LED 711 can emit red light and infrared light, but cannot emit green light.
When a measurement target is a heart rate, and a user state is a motion state, the LED 711 is enabled to emit red light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a rest state, the LED 711 is enabled to emit red light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a sleep state, the LED 711 is enabled to emit infrared light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a motion state, the LED 711 is enabled to alternately emit red light and infrared light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a rest or sleep state, the LED 711 is enabled to alternately emit red light and infrared light (one LED is enabled). The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
A light emitting device of the PPG module includes an LED 811 and an LED 812. The LED 811 and the LED 812 are both three-in-one LEDs. The LED 811 and the LED 812 can emit green light, red light, and infrared light. A control device (for example, a smartwatch) of the PPG module can identify a current measurement environment (a user state: a motion state or a non-motion state) and measurement target (a heart rate or blood oxygen). However, the control device (for example, the smartwatch) of the PPG module cannot further identify the non-motion state, and cannot distinguish a rest state from a sleep state.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a motion state, both the LED 811 and the LED 812 are enabled to emit green light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is a heart rate, and the user state is a non-motion state, the LED 811 or the LED 812 is enabled to emit green light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a motion state, both the LED 811 and the LED 812 are enabled to alternately emit red light and infrared light. The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
When the measurement target is blood oxygen, and the user state is a non-motion state, the LED 811 or the LED 812 is enabled to alternately emit red light and infrared light (one LED is enabled). The PDs of the PPG module collect 100 groups of data at a sampling rate of 25 Hz for an integration time of 79 us, and then upload the data to the data processing module for peak searching by using an algorithm.
According to the PPG control method in this application, this application further provides a PPG control apparatus. The apparatus is applied to an electronic device (for example, a smartwatch), the electronic device includes a PPG module (for example, a PPG module with a structure shown in
In the description of this embodiment of this application, for ease of description, the apparatus is divided into various modules based on functions for description, and the division of the modules is only a division of logical functions. When this embodiment of this application is implemented, the functions of the modules may be implemented in one or more pieces of software and/or hardware.
Specifically, in actual implementation, the apparatus in this embodiment of this application can be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or may be physically separated. In addition, all the modules may be implemented by software invoked by a processing element, or may be implemented by hardware; or some modules may be implemented by software invoked by a processing element, and some modules are implemented by hardware. For example, a detection module may be a separate processing element, or may be integrated into a chip of the electronic device for implementation. The implementation of another module is similar thereto. In addition, all or some of these modules may be integrated together, or may be implemented independently. In an implementation process, the steps in the foregoing methods or the foregoing modules may be implemented by using an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processing element or an instruction in a form of software.
For example, these foregoing modules may be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the foregoing method, such as one or more application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), one or more digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA). For another example, these modules may be integrated together, and implemented in a form of a system-on-a-chip (System-On-a-Chip, SOC).
An embodiment of this application further provides an electronic device (for example, a smartwatch). The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a computer program instruction and a processor configured to execute the program instruction. When the computer program instruction is executed by the processor, the electronic device is triggered to perform the steps of the method according to the embodiments of this application.
Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the foregoing one or more computer programs are stored in the foregoing memory, the one or more computer programs include instructions, and when the foregoing instructions are executed by the foregoing device, the foregoing device is enabled to perform the steps of the method according to the embodiments of this application.
Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the processor of the electronic device may be a system-on-a-chip SOC, and the processor may include a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), and may further include another type of processors. Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the processor of the electronic device may be a PWM control chip.
Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the involved processor may include, for example, a CPU, a DSP, a microcontroller, or a digital signal processor, and may further include a GPU, a neural-network process unit (Neural-network Process Units, NPU), and an image signal processor (Image Signal Processing, ISP). The processor may further include a necessary hardware accelerator or logic processing hardware circuit, such as an ASIC, one or more integrated circuits used to control execution of a technical solution program in this application, or the like. In addition, the processor may have a function of operating one or more software programs, and the software programs may be stored in a storage medium.
Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the memory of the electronic device may be a read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM), another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), or another type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or may be an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (compact disc read-only memory, CD-ROM) or another optical disk storage, an optical disc storage (including a compact disc, a laser disc, an optical disc, a digital versatile disc, a Blu-ray disc, or the like), a magnetic disk storage medium, or another magnetic storage device, or may be any computer-readable medium that can be used to carry or store expected program code in a form of an instruction or a data structure and that can be accessed by a computer.
Specifically, in an embodiment of this application, the processor and the memory may be combined into a processing apparatus. More commonly, they are separate components. The processor is configured to execute program code stored in the memory to implement the method according to the embodiments of this application. In specific implementation, the memory may be integrated in the processor, or may be independent of the processor.
Further, the device, apparatus, and modules illustrated in embodiments of this application may be specifically implemented by a computer chip or entity, or may be implemented by a product with a specific function.
A person skilled in the art should understand that embodiments of this application may be provided as a method, a system, or a computer program product. Therefore, the present invention can use a form of hardware only embodiments, software only embodiments, or embodiments with a combination of software and hardware. In addition, the present invention can use a form of a computer program product that is implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media that include computer-usable program code.
In several embodiments in this application, if any function is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, the function may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of this application essentially, or the part contributing to the conventional technology, or some of the technical solutions may be implemented in a form of a software product. The software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for instructing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to perform all or some of the steps of the methods described in embodiments of this application.
Specifically, an embodiment of this application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer program is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform the method according to the embodiments of this application.
An embodiment of this application further provides a computer program product, where the computer program product includes a computer program, and when the computer program is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform the method according to the embodiments of this application.
Embodiments of this application are described with reference to the flowcharts and/or block diagrams of the method, the device (apparatus), and the computer program product according to embodiments of this application. It should be understood that computer program instructions can be used to implement each process and/or each block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams and a combination of a process and/or a block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams. These computer program instructions can be provided for a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or a processor of another programmable data processing device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the computer or the processor of the another programmable data processing device generate an apparatus for implementing a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
These computer program instructions can be stored in a computer-readable memory that can instruct the computer or the another programmable data processing device to operate in a specific way, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory generate an artifact that includes an instruction apparatus. The instruction apparatus implements a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
These computer program instructions can alternatively be loaded onto the computer or another programmable data processing device, so that a series of operations and steps are performed on the computer or the another programmable device, thereby generating computer-implemented processing. Therefore, the instructions executed on the computer or the another programmable device provide steps for implementing a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
It should also be noted that in embodiments of this application, “at least one” means one or more, and “a plurality of” means two or more. The term “and/or” describes an association relationship of associated objects, and indicates that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may indicate the following cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists, where A and B may be singular or plural. The character “/” usually indicates an “or” relationship between the associated objects. “At least one of the following” or a similar expression thereof indicates any combination of the following, and includes any combination of one or more of the following. For example, at least one of a, b, or c may indicate a, b, c, a and b, a and c, b and c, or a and c, where a, b, and c may indicate a singular or plural form.
In embodiments of this application, the term “including”, “containing” or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, commodity, or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, commodity, or device. Without further limitation, the element defined by the sentence “including a . . . ” does not exclude that other identical elements are also present in the process, method, commodity, or device including the element.
This application may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as a program module, executed by a computer. Generally, the program module includes a routine, a program, an object, a component, a data structure, and the like that perform a specific task or implement a specific abstract data type. This application may alternatively be practiced in distributed computing environments, and in these distributed computing environments, a task is performed by a remote processing device connected by using a communication network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in local and remote computer storage media including storage devices.
All embodiments of this application are described in a progressive way, and for the same and similar parts of embodiments, reference may be made to each other. Each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments. Especially, because the apparatus embodiment is substantially similar to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple. For related parts, refer to the description of the method embodiment.
A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that the units and algorithm steps described in embodiments of this specification can be implemented by electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented by using hardware or software depends on specific application of the technical solution and design constraints. A person skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but it should not be considered that the implementation goes beyond the scope of this application.
A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for ease and brevity of description, reference may be made to corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiment for specific operating processes of the foregoing apparatus, apparatus, and unit. Details are not described herein again.
The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of this application. Any person skilled in the art can easily figure out modifications or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in this application, and these modifications or replacements shall fall within the protection scope of this application. The protection scope of this application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 202111654810.5 | Dec 2021 | CN | national |
| 202210042886.0 | Jan 2022 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/CN2022/118962 | 9/15/2022 | WO |
