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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Resmed Sensor Technologies Limited, Sandyford, EC;
Roxana Tiron, Clonskeagh, IE;
Graeme Lyon, Clonskeagh, IE;
Redmond Shouldice, Clonskeagh, IE;
Stephen McMahon, Dundrum, IE;
Alberto Zaffaroni, Clonskeagh, IE;
Stephen Dodd, Clonskeagh, IE;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide monitoring of a sleep disordered breathing state of a person such as for screening. One or more sensors may be configured for non-contact active and/or passive sensing. The processor(s) () may extract respiratory effort signal(s) from one or more motion signals generated by active non-contact sensing with the sensor(s). The processor(s) may extract one or more energy band signals from an acoustic audio signal generated by passive non-contact sensing with the sensor(s). The processor(s) may assess the energy band signal(s) and/or the respiratory efforts signal(s) to generate intensity signal(s) representing sleep disorder breathing modulation. The processor(s) may classify feature(s) derived from the one or more intensity signals to generate measure(s) of sleep disordered breathing. The processor may generate a sleep disordered breathing indicator based on the measure(s) of sleep disordered breathing. Some versions may evaluate sensing signal(s) to generate indication(s) of cough event(s) and/or cough type.