Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system designed to determine an individual's state of attention from an individual's respiratory signal. The method of the invention comprises a first learning step, wherein the characteristics of an individual's normal state are determined by selecting a respiratory signal fragment that is considered to be normal according to a pre-established criterion, and a second analysis phase, wherein the individual's state of attention is determined from parameters extracted from the respiratory signal on the basis of some pre-defined rules and the individual's normal state previously characterised. The method of the invention is implemented in two embodiments. A first embodiment is based on the identification of pre-defined patterns in the respiratory signal and, in the second embodiment, an index indicative of the variability of the respiratory signal is defined.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 27, 2014
Assignee:
Fico Mirros, S.A.
Inventors:
Noelia Rodriguez Ibanez, Mireya Fernandez Chimeno, Juan Jose Ramos Castro, Miguel Angel Garcia Gonzalez, Eduard Montseny Masip, Daniel Bande Matinez