Patent
Devices, systems and methods for non-invasive measurement of blood alcohol level
| العنوان: | Devices, systems and methods for non-invasive measurement of blood alcohol level |
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| Patent Number: | 12193,836 |
| تاريخ النشر: | January 14, 2025 |
| Appl. No: | 17/062077 |
| Application Filed: | October 02, 2020 |
| مستخلص: | A system for determining a blood alcohol level of a subject may include a single light-emitting diode (LED) or, in some embodiments, two LEDs that may be operated in a pulsed mode and may illuminate a target location on a subject (e.g., a portion of a distal phalanx of a finger) with multiple illuminated light pulses. The system may include a photosensor that may sense multiple light pulses received from (e.g., reflected from, or transmitted through) the target location and generate multiple output signals. The system may include a controller that may determine a blood alcohol level of the subject based on the multiple output signals. Utilization of a single LED/two LEDs and operation thereof in a pulsed mode may prevent (or significantly reduce) heating of the LED(s) and/or the photosensor, thus eliminating a need in cooling units. |
| Inventors: | Zarbel, Dor (Moshav Balfouria, IL); Raviv, Rahav (Gedera, IL); Carmielli, Shiri (Ness Ziona, IL) |
| Assignees: | DYM SENSE LTD. (Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL) |
| Claim: | 1. A system for determining a subject's driving fitness condition, the system comprising: a housing; a light emitting diode (LED) supported by the housing and configured to illuminate a target location of the subject with multiple illuminated light pulses, wherein a time duration of at least some of the multiple illuminated light pulses ranges between 5-50 μs, and wherein a time offset between at least some of subsequent illuminated light pulses of the multiple illuminated light pulses ranges between 5-50 μs; a second LED supported by the housing and configured to illuminate a target location of the subject with second multiple illuminated light pulses, wherein the LED and the second LED are configured to emit light having at least partly overlapping wavelength ranges, and wherein the second LED is configured to emit light having a wavelength range of 2200-2400 nanometers, wherein the LED and the second LED are configured to illuminate different target locations of the subject; a photosensor supported by the housing and configured to sense multiple light pulses received from a first target location of the different target locations of the subject and to generate corresponding multiple output signals; a second photosensor configured to sense second multiple light pulses received from a second target location of the different target locations of the subject and to generate corresponding multiple second output signals, wherein the housing comprises a cavity for receiving the target location of the subject, and wherein the LED and the photosensor are on a first side of the cavity and the second LED and the second photosensor are on a second side of the cavity that is opposite to the first side thereof; an oxygen saturation sensor; and a controller comprising a processing unit, wherein the controller is configured to determine at least one physiological parameter of the subject based on a signal generated by the oxygen saturation optical sensor, the at least one physiological parameter comprising a heartbeat rate, wherein the controller is configured to determine a blood alcohol level of the subject based on; at least a portion of the multiple output signals, at least a portion or the multiple second output signals, and the determined at least one physiological parameter, and wherein the controller is configured to determine the subject's driving fitness condition based on the determined blood alcohol level of the subject and a predetermined dataset of driving fitness conditions. |
| Claim: | 2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a vehicle interface, wherein the controller is configured to control the vehicle via the vehicle interface based on the determined subject's driving fitness condition to allow a fit subject to drive the vehicle and to prevent an unfit subject from driving the vehicle. |
| Claim: | 3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a touch verification sensor configured to generate touch verification sensor output signal, wherein the controller is configured to verify, based on at least a portion of the touch verification sensor output signal, that the subject is continuously touching at least one component of the system during the determination of the blood alcohol level. |
| Claim: | 4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising a vehicle interface, wherein the controller is configured to control the vehicle via the vehicle interface to allow the subject to drive the vehicle if the verification is successful and to prevent the subject from driving the vehicle if the verification is not successful. |
| Claim: | 5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a fingerprint sensor configured to obtain a fingerprint pattern of the subject, wherein the controller is configured to: determine an identity of the subject based on the obtained fingerprint pattern and a reference fingerprint patterns dataset; and determine the subject's driving fitness condition further based on at least one of the determined identity of the subject and a predetermined authorized subjects dataset. |
| Claim: | 6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the LED is emitting light of a wavelength ranging between 1900-2600 nm. |
| Claim: | 7. The system of claim 1 , wherein: the photosensor is configured to sense second multiple light pulses received from the target location of the subject and to generate corresponding multiple second output signals; and the controller is configured to determine the blood alcohol level of the subject further based on at least a portion or the multiple second output signals. |
| Claim: | 8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to control the LED and the second LED to alternately illuminate the respective target location. |
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| Assistant Examiner: | Miller, Caitlin Anne |
| Primary Examiner: | Dickson, Paul N |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | PEARL COHEN ZEDEK LATZER BARATZ LLP |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.12193836 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
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