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US 10,517,531 B2Granted
Stress management using biofeedback
AssigneeVardas Solutions LLC
InventorChad Vardas
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Abstract
A wearable device or apparatus is used for monitoring biometric data of a user and enabling biofeedback indications in response to biometric data received. In one embodiment, the wearable device includes at least one sensor, a button, at least one processor having a memory unit coupled to the at least one sensor and a feedback mechanism. The feedback mechanism can include a biofeedback indicator.
Claims16
A wearable device for monitoring biometric data of a user, the device comprising:
- a plurality of sensors configured to collect biometric data from the user;
- at least one processor having memory and instructions, the at least one processor being coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to receive the biometric data from the plurality of sensors;
- a first indicator coupled to the at least one processor and activated by a control signal from the at least one processor, and
- the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor while the device is being worn by the user, causing the at least one processor to:
- receive first biometric data from the plurality of sensors throughout a first time interval;
- calculate a first heart rate variability (HRV) value from all the received first biometric data;
- receive second biometric data from the plurality of sensors throughout a second time interval immediately following the first time interval;
- calculate a second HRV value from all the received second biometric data;
- compare the second HRV value to the first HRV value and when a result of the comparison is that the second HRV value is increased over the first HRV value by a threshold amount, activate the first indicator to indicate an increase of the second HRV value from the first HRV value;
- receive third biometric data from the plurality of sensors throughout a third time interval immediately following the second time interval;
- calculate a third HRV value from all the received third biometric data;
- compare the third HRV value to the second HRV value and when a result of the comparison is that the third HRV value is increased over the second HRV value by the threshold amount, activate the first indicator to indicate an increase of the third HRV value from the second HRV value;
- consider the third HRV value to be a reference HRV value and the third time interval to be a reference time interval;
- after receiving the third biometric data, receive new biometric data from the plurality of sensors throughout a new time interval immediately following the reference time interval;
- calculate a new HRV value from all the received new biometric data;
- compare the new HRV value to the reference HRV value and when the result of the comparison is that the new HRV value is increased over the reference HRV value by the threshold amount, activate the first indicator to indicate an increase of the new HRV value from the reference HRV value;
- select the new HRV value as the reference HRV value and the new time interval as the reference time interval;
- repeat the receiving of new biometric data, the calculating of a new HRV value, and the comparing of the new HRV value to the reference HRV value;
- and
- discontinue repeating the receiving of new biometric data, the calculating of a new HRV value, and the comparing of the new HRV value to the reference HRV value after the new HRV value has increased for a specified number of intervals.
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A method comprising:
- providing a user with a wearable device comprising a processor, a plurality of sensors and a first indicator;
- receiving, by the processor, an indication of initiation of a stress management session;
- receiving, by the processor, first biometric data from the plurality of sensors throughout a first time interval;
- calculating, by the processor, a first HRV value from all the received first biometric data;
- receiving, by the processor, second biometric data from the plurality of sensors throughout a second time interval immediately following the first time interval;
- calculating, by the processor, a second HRV value from all the received second data;
- comparing, by the processor, the second HRV value to the first HRV value and when a result of the comparison is that the second HRV value is increased over the first HRV value by a threshold amount, activating, by the processor, the first indicator to indicate an increase of the second HRV value from the first HRV value;
- receiving, by the processor, third biometric data from the plurality of sensors throughout a third time interval immediately following the second time interval;
- calculating, by the processor, a third HRV value from all the received third biometric data;
- comparing, by the processor, the third HRV value to the second HRV value and when a result of the comparison is that the third HRV value is increased over the second HRV value by the threshold amount, activating, by the processor, the first indicator to indicate an increase of the third HRV value from the second HRV value;
- considering, by the processor, the third HRV value to be a reference HRV value and the third time interval to be a reference time interval;
- after receiving the third biometric data, receiving, by the processor, new biometric data from the plurality of sensors throughout a new time interval immediately following the reference time interval;
- calculating, by the processor, a new HRV value from all the received new biometric data;
- comparing, by the processor, the new HRV value to the reference HRV value and when the result of the comparison is that the new HRV value is increased over the reference HRV value by the threshold amount, activating, by the processor, the first indicator to indicate an increase of the new HRV value from the reference HRV value;
- selecting, by the processor, the new HRV value as the reference HRV value and the new time interval as the reference time interval;
- repeating, by the processor, the receiving of new biometric data, the calculating of a new HRV value, and the comparing of the new HRV value to the reference HRV value;
- and
- discontinuing, by the processor, the repeating the receiving of new biometric data, the calculating of a new HRV value, and the comparing of the new HRV value to the reference HRV value after the new HRV value has increased for a specified number of intervals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.