Patent ID: 9311825
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61B,G09B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for estimating emotional state of a user for display on a mobile device, said apparatus comprising: (a) a housing configured for retention of a finger of a user; (b) a sensor circuit retained in said housing; (c) said sensor circuit comprising a plurality of sensors configured for skin contact with a portion of the finger of the user; (d) said plurality of sensors comprising electrodermal response (EDR), photoplethysmograph (PPG), temperature, and acceleration sensors; (e) said sensor circuit comprising a communications interface configured for communicating data from said sensors to a mobile device; (f) said sensor circuit comprising a processor and programming executable on said processor for receiving input data from said sensors, processing said input data, and outputting processed data to the mobile device through said communications interface; (g) wherein the mobile device is configured for hosting an application program for communicating with said processor, post-processing said processed data, and displaying said post-processed data as biofeedback data; and (h) wherein said application program performs motion artifact removal on EDR and PPG signals in response to acceleration sensed by said acceleration sensor.