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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd., Muko-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Masakazu Tsutsumi, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Harada, Kyoto, JP;
Hirotaka Hara, Yamaguchi, JP;
Hidetaka Togo, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/0826 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/4806 (2013.01); A61B 7/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sleep evaluation device includes an obtainment unit configured to obtain audio and a determination unit configured to determine a snoring level in the audio obtained by the obtainment unit based on an amount of time for which the audio occurred. The determination unit is configured to determine a snoring level based on a ratio of a cumulative time in which the obtainment unit obtains the audio to a number of times the audio is obtained by the obtainment unit.