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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Te-chung Isaac Yang, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Yungkai Kyle Lai, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Te-Chung Isaac Yang, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Yungkai Kyle Lai, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/7235 (2013.01); A61B 5/7285 (2013.01); A61B 5/4812 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sleep monitoring method and device classify segments of an acoustic physiological signal captured during sleep as snore and apnea segments. The method and device employ a phase-locked loop array to rapidly detect snore segments for widely variant snoring rhythms exhibited by different people or the same person over time. The phase-locked loop array integrates seamlessly with an apnea timer-thresholding mechanism that detects apnea segments.