Non-linear breath entrainment

US11617917B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bose Corporation · US

Inventors

• Harsh Anilkant Mankodi · Watertown, US
• David Rolland Crist · Watertown, US
• Christopher R. Paetsch · Cambridge, US
• Joseph Rossi · Fresno, US
• Sara Maree Adkins · Somerville, US
• Chia-Ling Li · San Jose, US
• Navaneethan Siva · Waltham, US
• Kathleen Elizabeth Kremer · Southborough, US
• Alexander de Raadt St James · Revere, US
• Jeffrey Miller · Griffin, US
• Connor Rog · Windham Center, US
• Stephen A. McDonald · Northborough, US
• Paul Rene Naseeb Naddaff · Newton, US
• John Andrew Trotter · Sudbury, US
• Victoria A. Grace · Framingham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63B2230/42
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for non-linear breathing entrainment. As described herein, “breathing entrainment” refers to guiding a user's breath or breathing. According to an aspect, an initial breathing period and a final breathing period are selected. Based on the initial and final breathing periods, a non-linear breath rate per minute sequence is determined. A guiding stimulus is output and aligned with the non-linear breath rate per minute sequence. The guiding stimulus is non-linearly altered with the non-linear breath rate per minute sequence to align with the final breathing period over an interval of time. The non-linear alterations of the guiding stimulus vary based on an amount of time the guiding stimulus has been output.