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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Henriette Christine Van Vugt, Utrecht, NL;
Rene Martinus Maria Derkx, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrienne Heinrich, Den Bosch, NL;
Inventors:
Henriette Christine Van Vugt, Utrecht, NL;
Rene Martinus Maria Derkx, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrienne Heinrich, Den Bosch, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4809 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/0803 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61B 5/4806 (2013.01); A61B 7/003 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/6891 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a system for unobtrusively measuring a person's respiration, wherein at least two microphones positioned at either side of a person's head are utilized based on a distance of the persons head to the microphones and an identification of which microphone is in a line of sight and which is out of the line of site of the person's breathing as computed on the basis of images captured by a video camera.