Patent ID: 9247884
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,A63B,G01G,G06F,G09B,G16H,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A biometric monitoring system, the biometric monitoring system comprising: a first housing configured to be placed on a flat horizontal surface and including a platform configured to receive at least one foot of a user and capable of supporting the body weight of the user; a body weight sensor, interconnected with the housing, and configured to generate body weight data that is representative of a weight of the user and output the body weight data to processing circuitry; a photoplethysmographic heart rate sensor including one or more pairs of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and photodetectors located within the first housing, wherein each LED/photodetector pair is positioned so as to obtain photoplethysmographic measurements of the user's heart rate from the at least one foot of the user when the user is standing on the platform; and the processing circuitry, the processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the body weight sensor, communicatively coupled to the photoplethysmographic heart rate sensor, and configured to calculate user weight data that corresponds to the weight of the user using the body weight data.