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US 10,244,988 B2Granted
Method, apparatus and computer program of using a bio-signal profile
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsJari Kangas, Leo Kärkkäinen, Mikko Nurmi, Ville Ojanen, Ilka Salminen, Sunil Sivadas, Akos Vetek
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method includes: obtaining, from a detector, a detection of at least one bio-signal of a user of an apparatus; determining a mode of operation of the apparatus when the at least one bio-signal occurred; and correlating the at least one detected bio-signal of the user with the determined mode of operation in a bio-signal profile of the user of the apparatus.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- repeatedly and automatically, obtaining a detection of at least one bio-signal of a user of an apparatus;
- determining, by the apparatus, a particular mode of operation of the apparatus in which the apparatus operated when a particular changed bio-signal was detected as changing from a first state to a second state, wherein the apparatus has a plurality of different modes of operation and wherein each different mode of operation is defined by which of at least a first application or a second application is running;
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- using a bio-signal profile to determine an output to be provided by comparing each of the first state and the second state of the particular changed bio-signal to a normal range for the particular mode of operation according to the bio-signal profile,
- wherein the output is determined dependent upon (1) the particular changed bio-signal having changed (a) from being outside the normal range to inside the normal range, or (b) from being inside the normal range to outside the normal range, and (2) the particular mode of operation of the apparatus in which the apparatus operated when the particular changed bio-signal was detected as changing,
- wherein, in an instance in which it is determined that the particular mode of operation is a first mode of operation in which the apparatus runs the first application but not the second application, the output determined changes in response to the particular changed bio-signal changing from the first state to the second state, and
- wherein, in an instance in which it is determined that the particular mode of operation is a second mode of operation in which the apparatus runs the second application but not the first application, the output determined does not change in response to the particular changed bio-signal changing from the first state to the second state.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code;
- wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to:
- repeatedly and automatically, obtain a detection of at least one bio-signal of a user of an apparatus;
- determine a particular mode of operation of the apparatus in which the apparatus operated when a particular changed bio-signal was detected as changing from a first state to a second state, wherein the apparatus has a plurality of different modes of operation and wherein each different mode of operation is defined by which of at least a first application or a second application is running;
- and
- use a bio-signal profile to determine an output to be provided by comparing each of the first state and the second state of the particular changed bio-signal to a normal range for the particular mode of operation according to the bio-signal profile,
- wherein the output is determined dependent upon (1) the particular changed bio-signal having changed (a) from being outside the normal range to inside the normal range, or (b) from being inside the normal range to outside the normal range, and (2) the particular mode of operation of the apparatus in which the apparatus operated when the particular changed bio-signal was detected as changing,
- wherein, in an instance in which it is determined that the particular mode of operation is a first mode of operation in which the apparatus runs the first application but not the second application, the output determined changes in response to the particular changed bio-signal changing from the first state to the second state, and
- wherein, in an instance in which it is determined that the particular mode of operation is a second mode of operation in which the apparatus runs the second application but not the first application, the output determined does not change in response to the particular changed bio-signal changing from the first state to the second state.
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A physical entity embodying a computer program comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, enable an apparatus at least to perform:
- repeatedly and automatically, obtaining a detection of at least one bio-signal of a user of an apparatus;
- determining a particular mode of operation of the apparatus in which the apparatus operated when a particular changed bio-signal was detected as changing from a first state to a second state, wherein the apparatus has a plurality of different modes of operation and wherein each different mode of operation is defined by which of at least a first application or a second application is running;
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- using a bio-signal profile to determine an output to be provided by comparing each of the first state and the second state of the particular changed bio-signal to a normal range for the particular mode of operation according to the bio-signal profile,
- wherein the output is determined dependent upon (1) the particular changed bio-signal having changed (a) from being outside the normal range to inside the normal range, or (b) from being inside the normal range to outside the normal range, and (2) the particular mode of operation of the apparatus in which the apparatus operated when the particular changed bio-signal was detected as changing,
- wherein, in an instance in which it is determined that the particular mode of operation is a first mode of operation in which the apparatus runs the first application but not the second application, the output determined changes in response to the particular changed bio-signal changing from the first state to the second state, and
- wherein, in an instance in which it is determined that the particular mode of operation is a second mode of operation in which the apparatus runs the second application but not the first application, the output determined does not change in response to the particular changed bio-signal changing from the first state to the second state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.