Pose-Tracked Respiration Feedback for Personalized Breathing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing breathwork systems lack detailed, real-time feedback and guidance, requiring users to conform to patterns communicated by a coach or recording, limiting their flexibility and personalization.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that uses pose tracking systems, such as inertial measurement units, to sense and analyze breathing patterns, providing real-time feedback through visual, auditory, and haptic cues, allowing users to breathe independently of predefined patterns.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If breathwork is guided by a live coach or audio/video recording, then users receive breathing patterns and instructions, but users lack detailed real-time feedback and must conform to predefined patterns

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebreathing pattern flexibilityVSAvoidreal-time feedback detail

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses pose tracking systems to detect user breathing movements in real-time and provides immediate visual, auditory, and haptic feedback about breathing depth, rate, and pattern compliance, enabling continuous adjustment without predefined constraints

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system allows users to breathe independently without requiring a coach or recording, using automated pose detection and feedback mechanisms to guide breathing patterns based on real-time analysis of user movements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If pose tracking systems are used to detect breathing patterns, then real-time feedback is provided, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebreathing pattern detection accuracyVSAvoidsystem component quantity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The pose tracking system serves multiple functions including detecting breathing patterns, monitoring body position, and providing feedback through multiple modalities (visual, auditory, haptic), reducing the need for separate specialized devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces complex mechanical breathing measurement devices with optical and inertial sensors that use computer vision and motion detection algorithms to infer breathing patterns from subtle body movements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20250318746A1System and method for assessing respiration

Publication Date: 2025.10.16 REFLEXION INTERACTIVE TECH INC

AI summary

A novel and advantageous system and method for assessing respiration is provided. Particularly, a novel and advantageous system and method for tracking and assessing respiration is provided. More particularly, a novel and advantageous system and method for guiding, tracking, and assessing respiration and providing real-time feedback on a user's breathing is provided.