Adaptive illumination control

Optical signal performance is strongly influenced by how light interacts with skin and tissue. Variations in skin tone can significantly affect signal strength and reliability, particularly for red wavelengths used in oxygen saturation measurement.

OPM applies AI-powered adaptive illumination, using spectral analysis to optimise optical output in real time across skin tones. By continuously adjusting illumination characteristics, the system maintains consistent signal quality across wavelengths, supporting reliable SpO₂ measurement and physiological monitoring in diverse users and real-world clinical conditions. This adaptive approach reduces bias, compensates for optical variability, and enables consistent performance across conditions, activity levels, and clinical monitoring scenarios.

Adaptation

Optimises illumination in real time

Consistency

Maintains signal quality across skin tones

Accuracy

Supports reliable SpO₂ measurement

Resilience

Performs reliably across illumination wavelengths

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Our technical paper contains side-by-side performance graphs demonstrating signal retention across light and dark skin tones (MST 4 vs MST 9).

Core innovations

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3D optical system

OPM uses a three-dimensional, multispectral optical architecture to interrogate tissue volume, improving vessel interaction, signal quality and robustness beyond traditional point-based sensing.
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Tissue-aware light modelling

OPM applies tissue-aware light modelling to maintain pulsatile signal quality and measurement accuracy across skin tones, wavelengths and physiological conditions.
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AI-powered adaptive Illumination

Machine learning continuously fine-tunes light intensity and wavelength, optimising signal quality in real-time clinical conditions.
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Motion-robust readings

PM maintains accurate heart rate measurement during movement by filtering motion artefacts and noise, delivering reliable readings during walking and running.
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High-definition pulsatile wave

OPM preserves high-definition pulsatile signals during oxygen desaturation, enabling reliable multi-parameter physiological measurement in real-world and clinically challenging conditions.