Patent ID: 8579827

Claim:
A system for monitoring a real-time vital sign of a user, the system comprising: a monitoring device comprising an optical sensor for generating a real-time digitized optical signal corresponding to a flow of blood through an artery of the user, an accelerometer for generating a real-time accelerometer data comprising a X-axis signal, a Y-axis signal and a Z-axis signal based on a movement of the user, and a first transceiver, the first transceiver wirelessly transmitting the real-time digitized optical signal and the real-time accelerometer data from the monitoring device; and a mobile communication device comprising a second transceiver for receiving the real-time digitized optical signal and the real-time accelerometer data from the monitoring device, and for transmitting communications from the mobile communication device to the monitoring device, a processor in electrical communication with the second transceiver, the processor configured to receive the real-time digitized signal and the real-time accelerometer data, the processor configured to calculate a period of motion related harmonics from the real-time accelerometer data utilizing a repetitive motion pattern analyzer, the processor configured to modify the real-time digitized optical signal by suppressing the period of motion related harmonics calculated by the motion pattern analyzer to generate a modified optical signal, the processor configured to generate a real-time heart rate for the user from the modified optical signal, and a display for displaying the real-time heart rate value for the user received from the processor.