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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220331078A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17640124

    申请日:2020-08-28

    IPC分类号: A61C17/22 A61B5/00 A46B15/00

    摘要: There is provided a controller for a fluid-detection system, wherein the controller is configured to: determine if a user is interacting with the fluid detection system, wherein the determining comprises at least one of: determining whether a user is within a predetermined distance of the fluid detection system; determining whether a user is in physical contact with the fluid detection system; determining whether a fluid sensor of the fluid detection system is in a mouth of a user; and control the temperature of the fluid sensor of the fluid detection system based on the result of the determination. There is also provided a fluid based detection system comprising the controller, a device comprising the controller, a remote device comprising the controller, and a computer implemented method for controlling a fluid detection system, the method comprising the steps of: determining if a user is interacting with the fluid detection system, wherein the determining comprises at least one of: determining whether a user is within a predetermined distance of the system; determining whether a user is in physical contact with the fluid detection system; determining whether a fluid sensor of the fluid detection system is in a mouth of a user; and controlling the temperature of the fluid sensor of the fluid detection system based on the result of the determination.

    ENHANCING SLEEP THERAPY COMPLIANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20220133220A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17518798

    申请日:2021-11-04

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: A computer-implemented method (100) of producing a sleep evaluation for a user for use with a sleep therapy is disclosed. The method comprises, with a processor arrangement (12), receiving (122) a perceived value of a sleep parameter from the user, said sleep parameter corresponding to sleep behavior of said user at a point in time during said sleep therapy; receiving (124) sleep monitoring data from an electronic sleep monitor, said sleep monitoring data incorporating an objective value of said sleep parameter at said point in time; and, in case of the perceived value being different to the objective value, processing the sleep monitoring data such as to augment (132) said objective value into a further value of said sleep parameter to reduce the discrepancy between the perceived value and the objective value; and producing (134) a sleep evaluation output for the user comprising at least the further value of said sleep parameter. Also disclosed is a computer program product for implementing such a method (100) on a processor arrangement (12) and a sleep monitoring system (1) adapted to implement such a method (100).

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A STATE OF WELL-BEING

    公开(公告)号:US20200015728A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-16

    申请号:US16490727

    申请日:2018-02-27

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a system (60) for monitoring a state of well-being of an individual, the system (60) comprising a remotely operating sensing unit (30) comprising at least one image sensor (32, 34) arranged to remotely monitor a skin portion of a user, a close-up sensing unit (56) provided at a hand-held personal care appliance (40), the close-up sensing unit (56) being arranged to monitor a physiological signal of the user, wherein the monitoring of the physiological signal is temporally aligned with the remote monitoring of the skin portion of the user, and a control unit (70) arranged to process first sensor data provided by the remotely operating sensing unit (30) and second sensor data provided by the close-up sensing unit (56), wherein the control unit (70) is arranged to process, based on the processed first sensor data and second sensor data, at least one well-being parameter, and wherein the control unit (70) is arranged to provide, based on the at least one processed parameter, well-being information that is indicative of a current stress level of the user. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding method of monitoring a state of well-being of an individual.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN ALLERGY TESTING

    公开(公告)号:US20170347938A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-07

    申请号:US15536670

    申请日:2015-12-10

    摘要: There is provided a method for use in determining whether a subject is allergic to a substance. The method comprises: receiving a first set of spatially distributed light intensity values covering a skin region of the subject including a location at which the substance has been applied; wherein the light intensity values in the first set are intensities of visible light; receiving a second set of spatially distributed light intensity values covering the skin region, wherein the light intensity values in the second set are intensities of infrared, IR, light; generating a first spatial distribution of photoplethysmogram, PPG, pulse amplitudes based on the first set of light intensity values; generating a second spatial distribution of PPG pulse amplitudes based on the second set of light intensity values; comparing the first spatial distribution to the second spatial distribution, and to the location at which the substance has been applied; and outputting an indication of whether the subject is experiencing an allergic reaction to the substance based on the comparing.