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Apparatus for detecting fatigue and doze by voice, and recording medium

US6876964B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2000
Grant dateApr 5, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W2540/21
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for judging a fatigue level and/or a dozing state of a person by capturing voices uttered at different points of time from a microphone 5M. A computer performs chaos analysis of the digital data of the inputted voices and calculates Lyapunov exponents and judges a fatigue level and/or a dozing state based on the result of the chaos analysis.

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