US Patent Application 18198989. Passive Breathing-Rate Determination simplified abstract

Passive Breathing-Rate Determination

Organization Name

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Tousif Ahmed of San Jose CA (US)]]

[[Category:Md Mahbubur Rahman of San Jose CA (US)]]

[[Category:Yincheng Jin of Port Jefferson NY (US)]]

[[Category:Ebrahim Nematihosseinabadi of San Jose CA (US)]]

[[Category:Mohsin Ahmed of Sunnyvale CA (US)]]

[[Category:Nafiul Rashid of Irvine CA (US)]]

[[Category:Jilong Kuang of San Jose CA (US)]]

[[Category:Jun Gao of Menlo Park CA (US)]]

Passive Breathing-Rate Determination - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18198989 titled 'Passive Breathing-Rate Determination

Simplified Explanation

- The patent application describes a method for estimating the breathing rate of a user using a wearable device. - The method involves accessing motion data from a sensor on the wearable device to determine the activity level of the user. - Based on the activity level, an activity-based technique is selected to estimate the breathing rate of the user. - The determined breathing rate is then evaluated for quality by comparing it to a threshold. - If the quality of the breathing rate is above the threshold, it is used as the final determination. - If the quality is below the threshold, a second sensor on the wearable device is activated to gather additional data for a more accurate breathing rate estimation.

Original Abstract Submitted

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing, from a first sensor of a wearable device, motion data representing motion of a user and determining, from the motion data, an activity level of the user. The method includes selecting, based on the activity level, an activity-based technique for estimating the breathing rate of the user, which is used to determine a breathing rate of the user. The method further includes determining a quality associated with the breathing rate and comparing the determined quality with a threshold. If the determined quality is not less than the threshold, then the method includes using the determined breathing rate as a final breathing-rate determination for the user. If the determined quality is less than the threshold, then the method includes activating a second sensor of the wearable device and determining, based on data from the second sensor, a breathing rate for the user.