US 2021/0275070 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING A MESSAGE TO A SUBJECT

Abstract

According to an aspect, there is provided a method of sending a message to a subject, the method comprising obtaining (30; 502) measurements of one or more physiological characteristics of a subject over time; determining (32; 504) a psychological state of the subject for a plurality of time periods from the measurements; and in the event that it is determined that the subject is in a psychological state of interest in a first time period, sending (34; 514) a message to the subject in a time period subsequent to the first time period in which it is determined that the subject is not in the psychological state of interest.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method of sending a message to a subject, the method comprising:

obtaining measurements of one or more physiological characteristics of a subject, wherein the measurements are taken over a first plurality of time periods;
determining a psychological state of the subject during each of the first plurality of time periods;
and
when it is determined that the subject is in a psychological state of interest in a first time period, sending a message to the subject in a second time period subsequent to the first time period, wherein in the second time period the subject is not in the psychological state of interest.

1 more element

An apparatus for sending a message to a subject, the apparatus comprising:

a processing circuit, the processing circuit configured to:
obtain measurements of one or more physiological characteristics of a subject, wherein the measurements are taken over a first plurality of time periods;
determine a psychological state of the subject during each of the first plurality of time periods;
and
send a message to the subject in a second time period subsequent to a first time period in which it is determined that the subject is in a psychological state of interest, wherein in the second time period the subject is not in a psychological state of interest.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/488,979Filed 27 Feb 2018

Priority

EP 17158706.61 Mar 2017

Published

9 Sep 2021

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

A61B 5/165
Devices for psychotechnics ; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state: evaluating the state of mind, e.g.…
A61B 5/0533
Measuring skin impedance: measuring galvanic skin response
A61B 5/1118
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: determining activity level
A61M 21/02
Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or…: for…

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Abstract

Claims16