Breathing synchronization and monitoring

US10726731B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Julie A. Arney · Los Gatos, US
• Erno H. Klaassen · Santa Clara, US
• Jay C. Blahnik · San Francisco, US
• Alan C. Dye · San Francisco, US
• Gary Butcher · Los Gatos, US
• Kevin Lynch · Woodside, US
• Christopher J. Brouse · Cupertino, US
• Nader E. Bagherzadeh · San Francisco, US
• Gracee Agrawal · Sunnyvale, US
• Stephen J. Waydo · Campbell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 27, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/0233
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A breathing sequence may define a suggested breathing pattern. Based on signal data collected by a user device, an initial breathing pattern that includes a cyclic pattern may be estimated. A first period of the breathing sequence may be initiated by generating a breathing sequence element based on a synchronization of the cyclic pattern with the breathing sequence. The breathing sequence element may fluctuate during a second period of the breathing sequence in accordance with a breathing profile associated with the suggested breathing pattern.