Detecting and measuring snoring

US11229369B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FITBIT, LLC · US

Inventors

• Hao-Wei Su · Cambridge, US
• Logan Niehaus · Alameda, US
• Conor Heneghan · Goatstown, IE
• Jonathan David Charlesworth · Menlo Park, US
• Subramaniam Venkatraman · Lafayette, US
• Shelten Gee Jao Yuen · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10L25/48
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Approaches described herein can determine one or more breathing phase patterns over a period of time using audio data captured by at least one microphone. The audio data can include one or more snores. A breathing phase pattern included within the period of time can be determined based at least in part on sensor data captured by one or more sensors in the electronic device. A determination can be made that a first breathing phase pattern represented by the audio data and a second breathing phase pattern represented by the sensor data are correlated. A determination can be made that the first breathing phase pattern represented by the audio data and the second breathing phase pattern represented by the sensor data both correspond to a user wearing the electronic device.