Patents by Inventor Joachim Taelman

Joachim Taelman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and device for accurate real-time detection of drowsiness in operators using physiological responses
    Patent number: 11311221
    Abstract: A method and device for detection of drowsiness of a person, based on a relationship between distal temperature and heart rate and on a balance between body heat loss and body heat production, wherein the distal temperature in a predetermined distal region of the person is monitored as a measure for body heat loss, and the heart rate of the person is monitored as a measure for body heat production, wherein drowsiness in the immediate future is concluded when a change of distal temperature passes a first threshold and, subsequently, a change of the heart rate passes a second threshold or, subsequently, the change of the distal temperature is larger than the change of the heart rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BioRICS N.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Berckmans, Jean-Marie Aerts, Vasileios Exadaktylos, Joachim Taelman
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ACCURATE HEART RATE
    Publication number: 20150088004
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a more accurate heart rate of a human or an animal, wherein at least one heart rate or electrocardiogram (ECG) signal and at least one activity signal is measured and wherein, when said measured heart rate or ECG signal is of low quality, the heart rate or ECG signal is at least partially rejected and replaced by a simulated heart rate or ECG signal, which is calculated from a predetermined relationship between the activity signal and the heart rate or ECG signal. By applying this method in real time using on-line modelling a predetermined relationship is continuously updated to have an accurate modelled heart rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Berckmans, Vasileios Exadaktylos, Jean-Marie Aerts, Joachim Taelman
  • Method and device for accurate real-time detection of drowsiness in operators using physiological responses
    Publication number: 20150038855
    Abstract: A method and device for detection of drowsiness of a person, based on a relationship between distal temperature and heart rate and on a balance between body heat loss and body heat production, wherein the distal temperature in a predetermined distal region of the person is monitored as a measure for body heat loss, and the heart rate of the person is monitored as a measure for body heat production, wherein drowsiness in the immediate future is concluded when a change of distal temperature passes a first threshold and, subsequently, a change of the heart rate passes a second threshold or, subsequently, the change of the distal temperature is larger than the change of the heart rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Berckmans, Jean-Marie Aerts, Vasileios Exadaktylos, Joachim Taelman