Figurea 41 18 Receiving module 14i Processing module 14ii Computing Device 14 Transmitting module 14iii EEG Device 12 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 04 October 2018 (04.10.2018) W I PO I PCT onion °noI0 OH1101OH1011VIII0II111110 0IIIIII (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/182531 Al (51) International Patent Classification: GOOF 3/01 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/SG2018/050160 (22) International Filing Date: 29 March 2018 (29.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 10201702704W 31 March 2017 (31.03.2017) SG (71) Applicant: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLO- GY AND RESEARCH [SG/SG]; 1 Fusionopolis Way, #20-10 Connexis North Tower, Singapore 138632 (SG). (72) Inventors: ANG, Kai Keng; c/o Institute for Infocomm Re- search, Agency For Science, Technology and Research, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #20-10 Connexis North Tower, Singa- pore 138632 (SG). GUAN, Cuntai; c/o Institute for Info- comm Research, Agency For Science, Technology and Re- search, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #20-10 Connexis North Tow- er, Singapore 138632 (SG). (74) Agent: DAVIES COLLISON CAVE ASIA PTE. LTD.; 10 Collyer Quay, #07-01 Ocean Financial Centre, Singa- pore 049315 (SG). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. = (54) Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING EYE ACTIVITY 10 (57) : A system for detecting eye blink activity, the system including one or more processors in communication with non- transitory data storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors configure the one or more processors to perform the steps of receiving, with a receiving module, a signal associated with eye blink activity; filtering, at a processing module, the signal to 10 reduce noise from the signal; calculating, at the processing module, a variance of the filtered signal for estimating background noise; removing, at the processing module, background noise associated with the variance; and detecting, at the processing module, eye blink activity by performing duration detection. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/182531 Al O II (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — of inventorship (Rule 4.17 (iv)) Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) in black and white; the international application as filed contained color or greyscale and is available for download from PATENTSCOPE
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING EYE ACTIVITY