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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ; A67M 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ; A67M 2/100 ;
Abstract
In order to enable a user to easily and quickly ascertain his body's state of relaxation, the device is provided with: a physiological information extractor for extracting an indicator expressing physiological state from user Y; a storage member for storing the extracted indicator; a judging member for analyzing the change over time in the stored indicator, and determining whether or not the user's condition has improved toward a state of greater relaxation based on the indicator; and a notifying member for providing notice that the body has moved toward a state of greater relaxation, if the results of the aforementioned determination are affirmative.