Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

U.S. Philips Corporation

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Philips Intellectual Property & Standards Gmbh

Andreas Brauers

Ulrich Schiebel

Harald Reiter

Anke Schmeink

Christoph Josef Quix

Sandra Geisler

Herfried Karl Wieczorek

Jens Muehlsteff

Robert Pinter

Sandrine Magali Laure Devot

Eberhard Waffenschmidt

Kai Eck

Gerd Lanfermann

Olaf Such

Rudolf Kemner

Mohammed Meftah

Richard Daniel Willmann

Ralf Dorscheid

Claudia Hannelore Igney

Jeroen Adrianus Johannes Thijs

Ralph Braspenning

Alexander Ulrich Douglas

Xavier Louis Marie Antoine Aubert

Xavier Aubert

Elke Naujokat

Kurt Stadlthanner

Xavier L M A Aubert

Frank Johnen

Richard Willmann

A method is provided. The method comprises accessing a target database comprising at least one table associated with a first concept or property of a reference ontology, defining a data source ontology for a data source comprising a dataset, said data source ontology comprising a second concept or property, wherein said second concept or property is different from said first concept or property, and creating a link between said second concept or property and said first concept or property, said link defining to which table of said target database data of said dataset, associated with said second concept or property, is related.

Method and module for linking data of a data source to a target database

A method is provided. The method comprises accessing () a target database () comprising at least one table associated with a first concept or property of a reference ontology (), defining () a data source ontology () for a data source () comprising a dataset, said data source ontology () comprising a second concept or property, wherein said second concept or property is different from said first concept or property, and creating () a link between said second concept or property and said first concept or property, said link defining to which table of said target database data of said dataset, associated with said second concept or property, is related.

The present invention relates to a patient monitoring system for monitoring cardio pulmonary performance or the like by means of capacitive measurement. Further the invention relates to a method for monitoring cardio pulmonary performance or the like by means of a capacitive measurement. In order to provide a reliable technique for monitoring cardio pulmonary performance or the like, which technique is particularly suitable for home use, a patient monitoring system () for monitoring cardio pulmonary performance or the like by means of capacitive measurement is suggested, said system () comprising a number of electrodes () arranged in the form of a matrix (), said electrodes () being adapted to be integrated with a bed () or the like, each electrode () being individually selectable, means () for determining a number of electrodes () depending on the position of the patient on the bed () or the like, said means () being adapted to determine the number of electrodes () by determining the capacitance of a number of electrodes (), and means () for selecting a number of said determined electrodes () for carrying out a capacitive measurement.

Patient monitoring system and method

A method of determining body position uses ECG sensors at fixed positions, not fixed to the patient. The ECG signals recorded from the sensors are used to detect body position, using the variation of ECG potential over the surface of the body. The results may be processed by measuring artifacts related to the angle between the sensors and the heart, in particular the polarity of the QRS complex. The sensors may be fixed on the upper surface of a bed and used to measure sleep position.

Sleep position detection

Sensor arrangement, comprising at least one ballistocardiographic sensor for detecting body movements of a subject and at least one noise sensor for detecting vibration, method of ballistocardiographic detection of body movements, ballistocardiographic sensor system and uses of the sensor arrangement. It is suggested to pickup an external noise signal using an inertia sensor that is vibration isolated from a subject under ballistocardiographic examination.

Ballistocardiographic sensor system with a sensor arrangement and method of ballistocardiographic detection of body movements

A bed exit warning system is used in monitoring a user on a bed that include one or more sensors for measuring one or more physiological characteristics of the user and for producing corresponding signals indicative of the one more physiological characteristics. A processor is configured to monitor the corresponding signals and to determine the likelihood that the user is about to get out of the bed from changes in the one or more physiological characteristics.

Bed exit warning system

The present invention relates to a system () and method for automatically monitoring the movement activity of a fetus. In order to provide a simple and reliable technique for monitoring the movement activity of a fetus, a method of automatically monitoring the movement activity of a fetus is suggested, the method comprising the steps of: detecting () the overall movements of a pregnant female, said overall movements comprising movements of the pregnant female and movements of the fetus; detecting at least one second physiological signal () of the pregnant female; and&#x2014;determining () the movement activity of the fetus by analyzing the detected overall movements of the pregnant female, analyzing the at least one second physiological signal () of the pregnant female, and discriminating movements of the pregnant female from movements of the fetus depending on the analyzing results.

Method of autonomously monitoring the movement activity of a fetus

The present invention discloses a method and signal processing device () for analyzing a ballistocardiogram (BCG). The actual energy content of the cardiac part of the BCG in a predefined time window is determined and compared with a reference value. A difference between the actual energy content and the reference energy content exceeding a predefined threshold is indicative of the presence of an arrhythmia in the evaluated part of the BCG because the force exerted by an arrhythmic ventricular contraction, if at all present, is typically substantially smaller than the force exerted by a ventricular contraction of a regular heartbeat. This insight facilitates a more accurate detection of the presence of arrhythmias in a BCG compared to BCG detection schemes based on a heart rate analysis.

Ballistocardiogram analysis method and device

A method for creating a relational database schema is provided. The method comprises accessing () a reference ontology () comprising a first number of concepts and a second number of properties, selecting () a first set of concepts from the reference ontology, determining () a first set of properties from said second number of properties, associated with the selected first set of concepts, determining () a second set of concepts associated with the determined first set of properties, and generating () a relational database schema comprising a number of tables, of which at least one table pertains to a concept of said second set of concepts. Further, a module () for creating a relational database schema is provided.

Method and module for creating a relational database schema from an ontology

The invention refers to a sensor arrangement with at least one sensor and a method for monitoring physiological parameters of a person, a textile fabric and a use of a textile fabric. An sensor arrangement is described that is suited to improve signal quality and suppress noise, for instance in remote capacitive sensing of body parameters. To achieve this, certain textile fabrics are used, preferably integrated into textile used in a bed, e.g. the blanket, the bed cover, or the mattress. These textile fabrics allow for a suppression of electromagnetic interference from external sources and can be arranged to avoid charge build-up during measurements, in particular those caused by movements of the person.

Sensor arrangement and method for monitoring physiological parameters

This invention relates to a system and a kit for stress and relaxation management. A cardiac activity sensor () is used for measuring the heart rate variability (HRV) signal of the user and a respiration sensor () for measuring the respiratory signal of the user. The system contains a user interaction device () having an input unit () for receiving user specific data and an output unit for providing information output to the user. A processor () is used to assess the stress level of the user by determining a user related stress index. The processor is also used to monitor the user during a relaxation exercise by means of determining a relaxation index based on the measured HRV and respiratory signals, the relaxation index being continuously adapted to the incoming measured signals and based thereon the processor instructs the output unit to provide the user with biofeedback and support messages. Finally, the processor uses the user specific data as an input in generating a first set of rules defining an improvement plan for self-management of stress and relaxation. The first set of rules is adapted to trigger commands instructing the output unit to provide the user with motivation related messages. Also, at least a portion of said user specific data is further used to define a second set of rules indicating the user's personal goals.

System and kit for stress and relaxation management

A method and apparatus for inductively measuring the bio-impedance of a user's body without complex circuitry. An apparatus is described for inductively measuring the bio-impedance of a user's body, wherein the apparatus includes a number of first inductors being adapted to induce an alternating magnetic field in the user's body and the apparatus further includes a number of second inductors being adapted to measure a secondary magnetic field in the user's body, wherein each of the number of first inductors overlaps at least one of the number of second inductors to form a number of measuring areas.

Method and apparatus for inductively measuring the bio-impedance of a user's body

The present invention relates to a system and method of analyzing the movement of a user. More particularly the present invention relates to a new technique for assessing a user's motor functions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple, robust, and low-cost technique for analyzing the movement of a user, which can be used in an unsupervised home environment. This object is achieved according to the invention by a method of analyzing the movement of a user, the method comprising the steps of causing the user to perform a coordinated movement in accordance with an instruction, generating video image data in form of a sequence of images by video recording the user, determining in the sequence of images a degree of synchronicity of optical flow on the left and right body half using a computer system comprising computer vision technology, and assessing the user's motor functions based on the degree of synchronicity.

System and method of analyzing the movement of a user

In order to provide a simple and reliable monitoring technique for a number of different parameters of a patient in a bed (), a system () is provided, said system () comprising: at least one first sensor device () adapted to measure a first force component acting in a first direction (), said first force component corresponding to a first parameter of the patient, at least one second sensor device () adapted to measure a second force component acting in a second direction (), said second force component corresponding to a second parameter of the patient, and a data device () adapted to acquire the measured data from the at least one first sensor device () and the at least one second sensor device () and to process those data in order to provide information about the number of parameters of the patient.

System for monitoring a number of different parameters of a patient in a bed

The invention relates to a sensor which includes a reference electrode as well as a plurality of sensor elements, each sensor element including a collector electrode and a photoconductor structure which is arranged between the reference electrode and the collector electrodes, as well as a switching element which connects the collector electrode to a read-out lead, the sensor elements being arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns, where n, m are larger than 1. Correct operation of even the sensor elements in the edge zone of the matrix is achieved, irrespective of the construction of the edge of the photoconductor structure and the reference electrode, in that the matrix is provided with a guard electrode window ( ) which is arranged between the read-out lead ( ) and the photoconductor structure ( ) of the sensor elements ( ) constituting the edge of the matrix and extends beyond the edge of the photoconductor structure ( ).

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