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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Valencell, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Francis LeBoeuf, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jesse Berkley Tucker, Youngsville, NC (US);
Michael Edward Aumer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lawrence Christopher Eschbach, Louisburg, NC (US);
Ryan D. Hodges, Raleigh, NC (US);
Manoj Patwardhan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Valencell, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling a biometric parameter, such as heart rate and/or breathing rate, of a subject engaged in an activity includes sensing the biometric parameter via a monitoring device worn by the subject, determining frequency characteristics of the biometric parameter, and presenting to the subject musical audio having a tempo correlated to the frequency characteristics of the biometric parameter. The tempo of the musical audio presented to the subject may be changed in order to cause a change in the biometric parameter. A method of modulating heart rate of a subject engaged in an activity includes sensing a breathing rate of the subject via a monitoring device worn by the subject, and then presenting to the subject musical audio having a tempo selected to change the breathing rate by an amount sufficient to cause a change in the heart rate.