A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A SUBJECT

According to an aspect, there is provided a method of monitoring a subject to identify when the subject has eaten food, the method comprising obtaining measurements of the heart rate variability, HRV, of the subject over a first time interval; obtaining measurements of one or both of physical activi...

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Main Author TIEMANN, Christian Andreas
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 17.10.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:According to an aspect, there is provided a method of monitoring a subject to identify when the subject has eaten food, the method comprising obtaining measurements of the heart rate variability, HRV, of the subject over a first time interval; obtaining measurements of one or both of physical activity of the subject over the first time interval and measurements of a level of carbon dioxide in the environment of the subject over the first time interval; processing the HRV measurements and said one or both of the physical activity measurements and carbon dioxide, CO2, measurements to identify periods of time in which the subject has eaten food; and generating a signal indicative of the identified periods of time in which the subject has eaten food.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20170166438