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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Rene Martinus Maria Derkx, Eindhoven, NL;
Thomas Gerhard Emmrich, Gaertringen, DE;
Bernd Guenter Werner Wilm, Rohrdorf, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a processing device for processing accelerometer signals (-) for use in monitoring vital signs of a subject, comprising—a signal input unit () for inputting an accelerometer signal (-) of the subject in time, the accelerometer signal (-) being related to at least one physiological event being a cardiovascular or a respiratory event of the subject and measured for at least one spatial direction, an envelope determination unit () for determining an envelope signal () of the input accelerometer signal (-), a calculation unit () for calculating an adjustment factor () based on an estimated time interval () between a first and a second physiological event of the subject, and a signal adjustment unit () for adjusting the determined envelope signal () by multiplying the envelope signal () with the calculated adjustment factor ().