Signal processing apparatus and method
USRE38492E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A signal processor which acquires a first signal, including a first desired signal portion and a first undesired signal portion, and a second signal, including a second desired signal portion and a second undesired signal portion, wherein the first and second desired signal portions are correlated. The signals may be acquired by propagating energy through a medium and measuring an attenuated signal after transmission or reflection. Alternatively, the signals may be acquired by measuring energy generated by the medium. A processor generates a noise reference signal which is a combination of only the undesired signal portions and is correlated to both the first and second undesired signal portions. The noise reference signal is then used to remove the undesired portion of each of the first and second measured signals via an adaptive noise canceler, preferably of the joint process estimator type. The processor may be employed in conjunction with an adaptive noise canceler in physiological monitors wherein the know properties of energy attenuation through a medium are used to determine physiological characteristics of the medium. Many physiological conditions, such as the pulse of a pa…
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