Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Jia Du

Paul Augustinus Peter Kaufholz

Angelique Carin Johanna Maria Brosens-Kessels

Ronaldus Maria Aarts

Jonathan David Mason

Jan Martijn Krans

Peter Bingley

Juergen Vogt

Petronella Zwartkruis-Pelgrim

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Adrienne Heinrich

Ype Bernardus Brada

Henriette Christine Van Vugt

Tim Tijs

Roy Raymann

Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu

Gary Nelson Garcia Molina

Rene Martinus Maria Derkx

Georgo Zorz Angelis

Jan Bennik

Johan Partomo Djajadiningrat

Maarten Van Den Boogaard

Bernardo Arnoldus Mulder

Tim Johannes Willem Tijs

Henning Maass

Marius Leendert Trouwborst

Marjolein Wilhelmina Maria Schets

Njin-Zu Chen

Gary Garcia Molina

Paulus Dillen

Emmy Van Roosmalen

Azadeh Shirzad

Raymond Chan

Petronella Hendrika Zwartkruis-Pelgrim

Petronella H Zwartkruis-Pelgrim

System () for enabling a secure handover of information between an outgoing user and an incoming user, the system comprising: an interface () for accessing handover data (), the handover data being indicative of information to be communicated from the outgoing user () to the incoming user () during a handover event; and a monitoring subsystem () for i) receiving sensor data () from a sensor () monitoring the handover event, ii) based on the handover data, determining one or more attributes indicative of communication of the information, and iii) analyzing the sensor data in dependence on the one or more attributes to determine whether the information has been communicated to the incoming user during the handover event; a reporting subsystem () for reporting on a result of said determining.

Enabling secure handover of information between users

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the detection of the body position, especially while sleeping. More particularly, the invention relates to how the main body positions during sleep can be derived from the distribution of the reflection of a projected IR light from a subject's body under a blanket. Additionally, the breathing signals can be analyzed to determine the body posture.

Apparatus and method for the detection of the body position while sleeping

The present invention is related to a breath pacing device () for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject, comprising an output unit () for outputting a sequence of output signals, a control unit () provided to control the output unit, and an input unit () connected to or integrated into the output unit for generating an input signal related to a respiration characteristic of a subject. The control unit is provided to control the length of the sequence at least based on characteristics of the input signal. The invention is further related to a corresponding method for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject.

Breath pacing device and method for packing the respiratory activity of a subject

A system () is provided for processing status information of a medical device (-). The medical device performs a medical function at a bedside of a patient and is arranged for generating an alarm signal () to alert a caregiver of the patient to an occurrence of an event which is associated with the performing of the medical function. A status interface () acquires a device signal () of the medical device, the device signal comprising status information which is indicative of a current status of the performing of the medical function. Moreover, an analysis subsystem () analyzes the status information to estimate an imminent occurrence of the event based on said current status, and a notification subsystem notifies the caregiver of the imminent occurrence away from the bedside of the patient of the event by a generating a notification signal () for a notification device (-). The priority of notifying the caregiver is based on an estimate of whether the patient is asleep. The system enables the caregiver to be notified about the event ahead of time, i.e., before the event occurs and thus before the medical device generates an alarm signal. Advantageously, the patient is less disturbed by alarm signals during sleep.

Processing status information of a medical device

A breath pacing apparatus and a method for pacing a respiration of a person include a haptic output unit with a variable haptically perceivable feature. The haptic output unit is configured to change the haptically perceivable feature periodically according to a sequence of desired respiration cycles, where a characteristic of the change of the haptically perceivable feature is related to a length of the respiration cycles in the sequence of desired respiration cycles.

Breath pacing apparatus, and method for pacing the respiration of a person

In one aspect, it is aimed to provide a mobile communication device that is connected to a communication module of a vital sign monitoring system in an intensive care unit, comprising:

Mobile communication device connectable to a vital sign monitoring system

A system is provided for controling access to a resource, the access being restricted by an access mechanism. The system comprises an access control subsystem for i) subjecting the user to one or more security measures based on use of a security input system, and ii) signaling the access mechanism to grant the user access to the resource based on the user passing the one or more security measures. The system further comprises a task interlace for accessing task data, the task data being indicative of a scheduled task of the user. The access control subsystem is further arranged for determining the one or more security measures based on the scheduled task to establish different levels of security depending on the task. Advantageously, a better adjusting of the level of security is obtained in that it is dynamically adjusted to the scheduled task of the user.

Controlling access to a resource

A light therapy device () comprises: at least one light source (); a control device () for controlling the operation of the light source; a boundary memory () containing boundary information defining boundaries for the distance (D) and relative angle (f) of a user's head with respect to the light source; monitoring means () for monitoring the actual distance and actual relative angle of the user's head and generating an output signal indicating the measured distance and angle. The control device has an input coupled to the memory for receiving the boundary information, and has an input coupled to the monitoring means for receiving the output signal from the monitoring means. The control device compares the output signal from the monitoring means with the boundary information, and issues a warning signal when the actual position and/or orientation of the user's head and/or eyes is/are outside said boundaries.

Light therapy device

To provide a breath pacing system and a corresponding method for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject that provide the possibility to adapt the output signal to the respiration characteristics of the subject automatically and effectively a breath pacing system () for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject and a respective method is proposed, comprising: an input unit () for generating or determining an input signal related to a respiration characteristic of a subject, a signal analyzing unit () provided to recognize a signal pattern within the input signal, and an output unit () for outputting output signals corresponding to a desired breathing sequence, wherein said output unit () is provided to be activated, upon a starting signal, to output a sequence of output signals comprising a signal pattern related to a previously recognized signal pattern.

Breath pacing system and method for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject

An alarm clock includes at least one sensor for detecting a body activity level of a human being and is provided to produce a sequence of alarm signals. Each alarm signal within the sequence is suppressible on the detection of a predetermined body activity level. The body activity level required to suppress an alarm signal increases with each subsequent alarm signal within the sequence. The body activity level of a human being is detected during said sequence, and a present alarm signal is suppressed when the body activity level presently detected is greater than the predetermined body activity level required to suppress the present alarm signal.

Alarm clock and method for controlling a wake-up alarm

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