Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Tim Johannes Willem Tijs

Murray Fulton Gillies

Gijs Antonius Franciscus Van Elswijk

Juergen Vogt

Harold Agnes Wilhelmus Schmeitz

Marek Janusz Bartula

Joris Hendrik Janssen

Ronaldus Maria Aarts

Jan Martijn Krans

Dirk Brokken

Jia Du

Martijn Krans

Rachel Estelle Thilwind

Nicolle Hanneke Van Schijndel

Raymond Van Ee

Joyca Petra Wilma Lacroix

Laura Klaming

Georgio Mosis

Jan Tatousek

Daisy Van Minde

Mieke Kleppe

Björn Nicolaas Servatius Vlaskamp

Jürgen Vogt

Lysanne Sloff

Constance Jeanne Elizabeth Saalberg-Seppen

Ewa Aurelia Miendlarzewska

The present invention relates to a system and method for assessing the cognitive style of a person. The system comprises an input interface () for receiving speech spoken by the person, a language processor () for analyzing the speech to identify predetermined natural language elements, and a style identifier (') for identifying the cognitive style of the person based on the identified natural language elements.

System and method for assessing the cognitive style of a person

The present invention relates to a device () for vital sign measurement of a person (), comprising presentation means () for presenting a person () with a visual theme (), illumination means () for illuminating an illumination area (), in which said person () is located, whose vital signs shall be measured, optical measurement means () for optically detecting optical detection signals () from said illumination area (), evaluation means () for evaluating said optical detection signals () and deriving a vital sign information () from them, and control means () for controlling said illumination means () to illuminate said illumination area () allowing the detection of optical detection signals (), from which a vital sign information () can be derived despite changes of the visual theme ().

Device and method for vital sign measurement of a person

A system and method for radiotherapeutic treatment of a patient () are provided. The system comprises a patient carrier () for receiving the patient (), means for monitoring () positions of at least two different body parts of the patient (), a processor () and feedback means (). The processor () is coupled to the means for monitoring () positions and is operative to analyze the monitored positions to determine, for each body part of the at least two body parts, a displacement of the respective body part with respect to a particular desired position. The feedback means () are coupled to the processor () for interacting with the patient () and to provide feedback concerning the displacement of the respective body part.

System and method for radiotherapeutic treatment

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

A method of controlling an influence on a user in a rendering environment includes obtaining signal data representing one or more physiological conditions of a user in response to an influence caused by system feedback of the rendering environment; obtaining data corresponding to a user's desired emotional state, which data is based on the user's self-reports and data representative of accompanying signal data representing one or more physiological conditions of the user over a last period before the accompanying self-report; determining whether the desired emotional state is reached; and if the state is not reached, adapting the system feedback provided by the rendering environment correspondingly.

Controlling an influence on a user in a rendering environment

A system and a method include a display configured to display video and/or still images, and an image source that is in communication with the display and configured to allow content of the image source to be displayed on the display. Further, the system and method include a physiological information gatherer configured to obtain a current physiological information of a patient when the patient is positioned to see the video and/or still image on the display. A processor is configured to receive the current physiological information from the physiological information gatherer, and the processor, being in communication with the image source, is further configured to transmit to the display the current physiological information and a target breathing rate.

System and method to trigger breathing response for the reduction of associated anxiety

The invention relates to a control system () for an ambient light environment in a room in a hospital environment. The control system is configured to time and synchronize light effects of the ambient light environment () in response to sensor signals (-) from patient location sensors () or other sensors () for detecting if a clinical instrument is activated, moved or taken into use or for detecting heart rate. Light effects may be used by the clinical personnel to improve quality and speed of the examination and to create a calming atmosphere for the patient. However, different light effects are required at different times and for different durations. Therefore, timing of the light effects relative to sensor signals may improve workflow and patient comfort.

Light control system for use within a hospital environment

An apparatus comprising a sensing unit configured to detect a physiological response from a user of a breast pump and to trigger a change in an operation of the breast pump in dependence of the detected physiological response, the sensing unit being located separately from a funnel of the breast pump.

Sense a physiological response

A system and method for reducing anxiety of a patient during medical scanning in a medical scanner which may produce significant levels of acoustic noise. A processor or control unit receives a measure of variation in a parameter of the scanner noise during the medical scanning. The processor then generates outputs to audio and video playback units that present an audio-video scenery to the patient during the scanning in accordance with the measure of variation in the parameter of the scanner noise. An image object in the video imagery is linked to the audio signal, so as to distract the patient's attention away from the scanner noise. The audio-video scenery may be switched according to an estimated scanner noise level. An effective distraction of the patient is obtained with a limited audio signal level which is far lower than the scanner noise.

System and method for distraction of patient during scanning

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