Patent ID: 9649043
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. Apparatus for measuring body position, comprising: at least two biometric sensors arranged in a fixed position with respect to a body support, for measuring at least one electrocardiogram signal from a body, wherein the at least one electrocardiogram signal changes with the body position as a result of variation of electrocardiogram potential over the surface of the body; and a processing means arranged to capture the at least one electrocardiogram signal from the biometric sensors, and to determine the body position from the captured at least one electrocardiogram signal using the variation of electrocardiogram potential over the surface of the body; wherein the processing means is adapted to determine a polarity of a QRS complex of the at least one electrocardiogram signal to determine an orientation of a heart of the body with respect to a respective pair of the biometric sensors providing the at least one electrocardiogram signal.