System and method for anticipating the onset of an obstructive sleep apnea event

A system for detecting a general breathing event, the system comprising:

• at least one sensing device;
• and
• a processor in communication with the at least one sensing device, the processor configured to:
• receive a plurality of signals from the at least one sensing device;
• determine a one-sided power spectral density from the received signals;
• distinguish each received signal as a signal associated with a breath or a signal associated with a background noise;
• and
• calculate a breath signature by processing each signal associated with a breath.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to perform:

• receiving a plurality of signals from at least one sensing device;
• determining a one-sided power spectral density from the received signals;
• distinguishing each received signal as a signal associated with a breath or a signal associated with a background noise;
• and
• calculating a breath signature by processing each signal associated with a breath.