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108 results about "Skin conductance" patented technology

Electrodermal activity (EDA) is the property of the human body that causes continuous variation in the electrical characteristics of the skin. Historically, EDA has also been known as skin conductance, galvanic skin response (GSR), electrodermal response (EDR), psychogalvanic reflex (PGR), skin conductance response (SCR), sympathetic skin response (SSR) and skin conductance level (SCL). The long history of research into the active and passive electrical properties of the skin by a variety of disciplines has resulted in an excess of names, now standardized to electrodermal activity (EDA).

Methods and devices for prediction of hypoglycemic events

InactiveUS20020106709A1Avoid glucose level droppingMore time to respondMicrobiological testing/measurementMaterial analysis by electric/magnetic meansData streamData mining
Described herein are methods, devices, and microprocessors useful for predicting a hypoglycemic event in a subject. The hypoglycemic predictive approach described herein utilizes information obtained from a data stream, e.g., frequently obtained glucose values (current and / or predicted), body temperature, and / or skin conductance, to predict incipient hypoglycemic events and to alert the user.
Owner:LIFESCAN IP HLDG LLC +1

Washable wearable biosensor

A washable, wearable biosensor that can gather sensor data, communicate the sensed data by wireless protocols, and permits the analysis of sensed data in real-time as a person goes about their normal lifestyle activities. The biosensor can be worn in multiple positions, can be put on or removed quickly without having to apply or remove gels and adhesives, and provides a snug, comfortable fit to gather data with minimal motion artifacts. The textile, wearable device can support integrated photoplethysmography, skin conductance, motion, and temperature sensors in a small wearable package. The supported sensors may be coupled to utilization devices by channel-sharing wireless protocols to enable the transmission of data from multiple users and multiple sensors (e.g. both sides of body, wrists or hands and feet, or multiple people). An on-board processor, or the receiving utilization device, can map patterns of the physiological and motion data to signals or alerts such as a likely seizure, drug craving, or other states that the wearer may exhibit or experience. The sensor data may be sent by wireless transmission and received by a mobile phone or other personal digital device, a computer, a favorite toy, or another wearable device. The sensors may include multiple photoplethysmographs and / or one or more EDAs which perform a time-domain measurement of skin conductance
Owner:MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH

Devices and methods for monitoring non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation

Devices and methods are disclosed that treat a medical condition, such as migraine headache, by electrically stimulating a nerve noninvasively, which may be a vagus nerve situated within a patient's neck. Preferred embodiments allow a patient to self-treat his or her condition. Disclosed methods assure that the device is being positioned correctly on the neck and that the amplitude and other parameters of the stimulation actually stimulate the vagus nerve with a therapeutic waveform. Those methods comprise measuring properties of the patient's larynx, pupil diameters, blood flow within an eye, electrodermal activity and / or heart rate variability.
Owner:ELECTROCORE

Washable wearable biosensor

A washable, wearable biosensor that can gather sensor data, communicate the sensed data by wireless protocols, and permits the analysis of sensed data in real-time as a person goes about their normal lifestyle activities. The biosensor can be worn in multiple positions, can be put on or removed quickly without having to apply or remove gels and adhesives, and provides a snug, comfortable fit to gather data with minimal motion artifacts. The textile, wearable device can support integrated photoplethysmography, skin conductance, motion, and temperature sensors in a small wearable package. The supported sensors may be coupled to utilization devices by channel-sharing wireless protocols to enable the transmission of data from multiple users and multiple sensors (e.g. both sides of body, wrists or hands and feet, or multiple people). An on-board processor, or the receiving utilization device, can map patterns of the physiological and motion data to signals or alerts such as a likely seizure, drug craving, or other states that the wearer may exhibit or experience. The sensor data may be sent by wireless transmission and received by a mobile phone or other personal digital device, a computer, a favorite toy, or another wearable device. The sensors may include multiple photoplethysmographs and / or one or more EDAs which perform a time-domain measurement of skin conductance.
Owner:MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH

Emotion feedback based training and personalization system for aiding user performance in interactive presentations

The present invention relates to a system and method for implementing an assistive emotional companion for a user, wherein the system is designed for capturing emotional as well as performance feedback of a participant participating in an interactive session either with a system or with a presenter participant and utilizing such feedback to adaptively customize subsequent parts of the interactive session in an iterative manner. The interactive presentation can either be a live person talking and / or presenting in person, or a streaming video in an interactive chat session, and an interactive session can be a video gaming activity, an interactive simulation, an entertainment software, an adaptive education training system, or the like. The physiological responses measured will be a combination of facial expression analysis, and voice expression analysis. Optionally, other signals such as camera based heart rate and / or touch based skin conductance may be included in certain embodiments.
Owner:KOTHURI RAVIKANTH V

Mental balance or imbalance estimation system and method

The present invention relates to a mental balance or imbalance estimation system (100) and method for estimating a level of mental balance or imbalance of a user (1). The system comprises a skin conductance sensor (20) for sensing the skin conductance of the user (1), the skin conductance over time forming a skin conductance trace (22). The system further comprises a processing unit (10) for receiving and processing the skin conductance trace (22), the processing unit configured to determine at least one stimulus response (24) in the skin conductance trace (22), to determine an estimated cortisol level trace (28) of the user (1) based on the determined at least one stimulus response (24), and to determine the estimated level of mental balance or imbalance of the user (1) based on the estimated cortisol level trace (28).
Owner:KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV

Expressive pen

In this disclosure a new type of pen is described which is able to modulate the trace of the pen in response to a sensory signal of the user, such as for example skin conductance or respiration. As is known, these types of sensory signals represent the mood of the user. By changing the trace of the pen from for example blue to red, a change in mood of the user can be expressed.
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV

Method and kit for sweat activity measurement

The invention relates to sweat activity measurement, e.g. for determining a physiological state of a subject, embodied by a method as well as a kit with an immittance measuring circuit and electrodes with contact electrolyte. Sweat activity is considered a transport phenomenon and can be defined as a flux, e.g. gram water per skin area per second. Prior art methods determining water absorbed per gram dry stratum corneum measures skin moisture and do not truly reflect sweat activity. A periodic signal with frequency of 60 Hz or lower is applied to reduce contribution from complex admittance of the skin, and skin conductance is measured as a degree of sweat activity. The contact electrolyte allows filling of sweat ducts with sweat from sweat glands, this may be characterized in that it does not substantially fill the sweat ducts when being positioned on the skin and / or in that it has a re-absorption time constant from the sweat ducts into the Epidermis of less than 15 min.
Owner:UNIVERSITY OF OSLO

Method and apparatus for measuring animal's condition by acquiring and analyzing its biological signals

A method and apparatus for measuring the biological condition of an animal by acquiring and analyzing its biological signals are provided. The biological signals from skin temperature, a photoplenthysmogram (PPG), an electrocardiogram (ECG), electrodermal activity (EDA), an electromyogram (EMG), and an electrogastrogram (EGG) are detected using a biological signal detection unit which is attached to the animal's skin. Feature vectors, including the mean heart rate of the photoplenthysmogram and its standard deviation, the very low frequency, low frequency, and high frequency components of heart rate variability, the frequency and mean amplitude of skin conductance responses, and the mean and maximum skin temperatures, are extracted from the detected biological signals. The biological condition, including needs and emotions, of the animal as to whether or not the animal feels hunger or fear, how much the animal is stressed, or whether or not the animal needs to have a bowel movement, is determined using a pattern classifier which has learned reference vectors, which reflect the behaviors, needs, and emotions of different kinds of animals for various biological conditions and are stored in a predetermined database. Therefore, the biological condition of the animal can be determined through instrumental communication, not through human languages, and the breeding of pets can be efficiently managed.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Devices and methods for monitoring non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation

Devices and methods are disclosed that treat a medical condition, such as migraine headache, by electrically stimulating a nerve noninvasively, which may be a vagus nerve situated within a patient's neck. Preferred embodiments allow a patient to self-treat his or her condition. Disclosed methods assure that the device is being positioned correctly on the neck and that the amplitude and other parameters of the stimulation actually stimulate the vagus nerve with a therapeutic waveform. Those methods comprise measuring properties of the patient's larynx, pupil diameters, blood flow within an eye, electrodermal activity and / or heart rate variability.
Owner:ELECTROCORE

Preparation for transmission and reception of electrical signals

The invention provides a convenient and non-invasive means to prepare cells, tissues, and organs for electrical transmission and reception. In an embodiment of the invention, a control method comprises the use of at least one skin electrode, as a reference electrode, and an electrical sensor to measure periodically or continuously the skin's electrical conductance at the site of preparation. The dynamic change in the conductance through the skin is measured while the ultrasound is applied. Signal processing is performed on the measurement and the level of skin impedance change is controlled by performing a mathematical analysis and using the results of such analysis to control the application of ultrasonic energy. A desired level of skin impedance can be set at a predetermined value or based on a chosen level of skin integrity, subject's sensation of discomfort, or duration of the ultrasound application.
Owner:SONTRA MEDICAL

Finger-mounted physiology sensor

The described physiology sensor is worn on a single finger to capture one or more different physiological signals and has a sensor body including first and second raised mounds, protruding from its surface and being longitudinally spaced-apart such as to define a transverse air gap therebetween. The mounds each retain electrodes which abut palmar surfaces of the single finger. The sensor also has one or more physiological sensing devices housed within the body, including a skin conductance sensing device. The sensor can also have at least one of a temperature sensing device, and a photoplethysmography sensing device. A processor is housed within the body and communicates with the electrodes and the sensing devices to apply an electrical excitation thereto, and to process the physiological measurements.
Owner:THOUGHT TECH

Sharing affect across a social network

Mental state information is collected from an individual through video capture or capture of sensor information. The sensor information can be of electrodermal activity, accelerometer readings, skin temperature, or other characteristics. The mental state information may be collected over a period of time and analyzed to determine a mood of the individual. An individual may share their mental state information across a social network. The individual may be asked to elect whether to share their mental state information before it is shared.
Owner:AFFECTIVA

Three dimensional horizontal perspective workstation

The present invention discloses a horizontal perspective workstation comprising at least two display surfaces, one being substantially horizontal for displaying 3D horizontal perspective images, and one being substantially vertical for text or conventional images such as 2D images, or central perspective images. The horizontal display surface is typically positioned directly in front of the user, and at a height of about a desktop surface so that the user can have about a 45° angle looking. The vertical display surface is also positioned in front of the user and preferably behind and above the horizontal display surface. The present invention prefers a stereoscopic polarized horizontal perspective display, together with a polarized vertical display, thus the two images of the stereoscopic horizontal perspective display are mutually exclusive so that each image can be seen by the only corresponding eye, and the image of the vertical display is halfway polarized to be seen by both eyes. The horizontal perspective workstation can further comprise a binaural or 3D audio system to provide realistic sound simulation. The horizontal perspective workstation can also comprise various biofeedback devices such as brain wave, blood pressure, heart beat, respiration, perspiration, skin conductance, body temperature, muscle tension measurements and simulators for inputs and output with the users.
Owner:INFINITE Z

Three dimensional horizontal perspective workstation

The present invention discloses a horizontal perspective workstation comprising at least two display surfaces, one being substantially horizontal for displaying 3D horizontal perspective images, and one being substantially vertical for text or conventional images such as 2D images, or central perspective images. The horizontal display surface is typically positioned directly in front of the user, and at a height of about a desktop surface so that the user can have about a 45° angle looking. The vertical display surface is also positioned in front of the user and preferably behind and above the horizontal display surface. The present invention prefers a stereoscopic polarized horizontal perspective display, together with a polarized vertical display, thus the two images of the stereoscopic horizontal perspective display are mutually exclusive so that each image can be seen by the only corresponding eye, and the image of the vertical display is halfway polarized to be seen by both eyes. The horizontal perspective workstation can further comprise a binaural or 3D audio system to provide realistic sound simulation. The horizontal perspective workstation can also comprise various biofeedback devices such as brain wave, blood pressure, heart beat, respiration, perspiration, skin conductance, body temperature, muscle tension measurements and simulators for inputs and output with the users.
Owner:INFINITE Z

Wearable device and method for determining electro-dermal activity of a subject

The present invention relates to a wearable device for determining electro-dermal activity of a subject (1). The device (10) comprises a light source (11) for emitting light including infrared light in the wavelength range between 750 and 950 nm into tissue of the subject, a light sensor (12) for receiving at least part of the emitted light after an interaction of the emitted light with the tissue, an evaluation unit (13) for determining the electro-dermal activity from the received light, and a support (14) for carrying the light source (11), the light sensor (12) and the evaluation unit (13), wherein the light source and the light sensor are arranged at a predetermined distance from each other.
Owner:KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV

Form factors for the multi-modal physiological assessment of brain health

A multi-modal physiological assessment device and method enables the simultaneous recording and then subsequent analysis of multiple data streams of biological signal measurements to assess the health and function of the brain. The multi-modal assessment system includes at least one channel of EEG brainwave data in combination with cognitive information that provide a two-dimensional data stream of (x(t), y(t)) of cognitive information; voice recordings; motion, position, and stability data; galvanic skin conductance; temperature of the subject; pulse-oximetry data, cerebral blood perfusion data, vaso-motor reactivity data, and the like. The collected data is processed to construct candidate features extracted from multiple biological sensor data streams and correlated with multi-modal signatures to identify data indicative of brain health, disease and injury.
Owner:CERORA

Method for managing sleep quality and apparatus utilizing the same

A sleep quality management apparatus includes a sensor module and a processing unit. The sensor module is configured to provide a heart rate signal and a skin conductance signal. The processing unit is coupled to the sensor module. The processing unit is configured to determine a sleep stage and a stress level according to the heart rate signal and the skin conductance signal so as to identify a stressful dream occurrence. The stressful dream occurrence is identified when the sleep stage corresponds to a rapid eye movement (REM) stage and the stress level corresponds to a stressful state.
Owner:MEDIATEK INC

Wearable device and wearing device of wearable device

The embodiment of the invention provides a wearable device and a wearing device of a wearable device. The wearable device comprises a device host and a flexible fixed band connected to the two ends of the device host. At least one metal strain gauge is arranged inside the flexible fixed band. The device host and the flexible fixed band forms a circular ring when the device is worn; and at least one pair of metal electrodes are arranged at one side, approaching the skin, inside the circular ring. The device host is used for determining whether the wearable device is worn according to a deformation resistance value detected by the at least one metal strain gauge and a skin conductance value detected by the at least one pair of metal electrodes. According to the wearable device, the accuracy of identifying whether an intelligent wearable device is worn by a user is improved.
Owner:HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

Dry skin conductance electrode

The present invention relates to a dry skin conductance electrode (12, 13) for contacting the skin (10) of a user. In order to provide a dry skin conductance electrode for long-term measurements which does not cause problems to the user while still providing a good signal level, the electrode (12, 13) comprises a material made of a noble metal doped with at least one dopant selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium and beryllium. The present invention also relates to a skin conductance sensor (20), a wristband (30) and an emotional event detection system.
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV

Methods and devices for acquiring electrodermal activity

Handheld devices using an array of stainless steel electrodes located on an edge and / or back of the handheld devices for acquiring electrodermal activity are provided. The stainless steel electrode array may allow for the skin conductance level (SCL) or skin conductance response (SCR) on an individual to be measured and collected. The skin conductance signal may be related to sympathetic nervous system activity which is a major component of human emotion, known as arousal, or emotional intensity such as anxiety, stress, fear, or excited, etc.
Owner:QUALCOMM INC

Cystic fibrosis diagnostic device and method

InactiveUS20130053673A1Quick and easy to implementDiagnostic recording/measuringSensorsPower flowMedicine
A method for detecting cystic fibrosis is disclosed, which is performed in a system comprising an anode and a cathode placed on different regions of the patient body, and an adjustable DC source, which is controlled in order to feed the anode with a DC current. The method includes applying DC voltage pulses of varying voltage values to the anode for given durations allowing the stabilization of electrochemical phenomena in the body in the vicinity of the electrodes, collecting data representative of the current between the electrodes, and of the potentials of the electrodes, for the different DC voltages, and from the data, computing data representative of the electrochemical skin conductance of the patient, and reconciling the latter data with reference data obtained in the same conditions on patients suffering or not from cystic fibrosis, and identifying the patient as suffering or not from cystic fibrosis.
Owner:IMPETO MEDICAL

Circadian phase detection system

The present invention relates to a device (10) for detecting a circadian phase shift of a user (48). The device comprises: an interface for obtaining a skin conductance signal of the user (48) and sleep cycle information of the user (48); a processing unit (14) for determining an internal clock wake-up time based on the obtained skin conductance signal (20) and an external clock wake-up time based on the obtained sleep cycle information; and an evaluation unit (16) for evaluating a circadian phase shift of the user (48) based on the internal clock wake-up time and the external clock wake-up time. The present invention further relates to a corresponding method as well as to a wearable system (22) for monitoring a circadian phase shift of a user (48).
Owner:KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV

Assessment of relative proportions of adrenergic and cholinergic nervous receptors with non-invasive tests

A system and method for assessing relative proportions of cholinergic and adrenergic nervous receptors in a patient is disclosed. The system includes: an anode, a cathode, and passive electrode for placement on different regions of the patient body. The method generally includes: applying DC voltage pulses of varying voltage values to stress sweat glands of the patient, collecting data representing the current between the anode and the cathode and the potential of the anode, the cathode, and the passive electrode for each of the different DC voltage, and computing data representing the electrochemical skin conductance of the patient. The computed data representing the electromechanical skin conductance of the patient is reconciled with reference data from control patients having known relative proportions of cholinergic and adrenergic nervous receptors. Thus, the relative proportions of cholinergic and adrenergic nervous receptors in the patient can be determined.
Owner:IMPETO MEDICAL
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