Abstract: A device for providing assistance to a person comprises a data input for obtaining person related data representing data obtained by monitoring the person, a data processing unit for processing the obtained person related data to determine the person's mental state and/or cognitive level from the obtained person related data, to detect if the person has limited or no ability to perform a desired task and to generate assistance data in case of detection that the person has limited or no ability to perform the desired task and/or if the person's current mental state and/or cognitive level is below a threshold or out of a distribution or value range required to perform the desired task, said assistance data representing data directed to supporting the person in performing the desired task by adapting the number of functions of an appliance accessible and controllable by the person according to the person's current mental state and/or cognitive level, and a data output for providing said assistance data for suppo

Abstract: The present invention relates to device, system and method for obtaining vital sign information of a subject (14).

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for monitoring a subject (14) is disclosed. The monitoring apparatus comprises a storage device (18) for storing first skin secretion data (27) of the subject. A detection unit (12) detects a skin secretion at a skin portion of the subject and provides second skin secretion data (28) of the subject. An evaluation unit (16) evaluates the second skin secretion data and determines at least one physical parameter on the basis of the first skin secretion data and the second skin secretion data. One of the at least one physical parameter is a time value (25, 26) determinable on the basis of a difference between the first and the second skin secretion data.

Abstract: There is provided a method of personalising first core content in a health management system. The method includes: obtaining one or more characteristics of the first core content, wherein the first core content is to be presented to a user with a first supplemental content item; obtaining one or more characteristics of the user; and selecting the first supplemental content item from a plurality of supplemental content items based at least in part on the characteristics of the first core content, the characteristics of the user and one or more characteristics of the first supplemental content item. An apparatus and a computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (22) for processing input signals (34a, 34b) related to a vital sign of a subject (10), comprising an interface (24) for receiving a non-invasively detected input signal (34a, 34b), a feature extraction module (26) for extracting at least one feature of the input signal (34a, 34b), said at least one feature including an instantaneous frequency representation (40a, 40b) of the input signal (34a, 34b) and/or an instantaneous amplitude representation (42a, 42b) of the input signal (34a, 34b), a processing module (28) for determining a signal information content parameter (52) for the input signal (34a, 34b) based on the at least one extracted feature, said signal information content parameter (52) being indicative of information on a vital sign of the subject (10) included in the input signal (34a, 34b) and a combination module (30) for combining a plurality of input signals based on the signal information content parameters (52) of the plurality of input signals into a

Abstract: A system for use in assisting a user in a social interaction with another person is provided, the system being configured to determine whether the user recognizes the person and, if it is determined that the user does not recognize the person, to provide information to the user about the person. A corresponding method and computer program product for performing the method are also provided.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to a system, method, and medium for coaching a user including one or more of the following: a plurality of instructions including variations of a reminder message to perform an action, wherein at least two of the instructions are stored in at least a first and a second delivery format; a physiological sensor for monitoring a physiological parameter of the user; and a processor unit configured to carry out the steps of: providing a first instruction from the plurality of instructions in the first delivery format; determining a level of compliance towards the goal based on the monitored physiological parameter; selecting a second instruction from the plurality of instructions based on the level of compliance towards the goal, wherein the second instruction is in either the first or the second delivery format, and is reduced in instruction content compared to the first instruction.

Abstract: An environment control system (1) for controlling the environment in an area (50), the area (50) comprising a plurality of sub-areas (50a1-50c5), the environment control system (1) comprising: a sensor unit (20) for generating a sensing signal pertaining to activity in the area (50), the sensor unit (20) comprising an activity type determination unit (22) for determining an activity type for each sub-area (50a1-50c5) based on the generated sensing signal for the area (50), a sound generating device (30) adapted to generate sound (32) with a varying sound property individually in each sub-area (50a1-50c5), the varying sound property having a first frequency, a light generating device (40) adapted to generate light (42) with a varying light property in each sub-area (50a1-50c5), the varying light property having a second frequency, a control unit (10) adapted to control the sound generating device (30) and the light generating device (40) independently for each sub-area (50ai-50c5), depending on the determined

Abstract: A method for use in detecting and monitoring effects experienced by a subject taking a first drug, drug A, and at least one other substance, substance B, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a plurality of measured values of a physiological characteristic of the subject over a time period; (b) comparing the measured values to a predefined signature, the drug A signature, associated with the first drug, and thereby calculating a measure, Adiff, of the difference between the measured values and the drug A signature; (c) comparing the measured values to a predefined signature, the substance B signature, associated with the at least one other substance, and thereby calculating a measure, Bdiff, of the difference between the measured values and the substance B signature; (d) comparing the measured values to a predefined signature, the DO signature, associated with a desired physiological state of the subject, and thereby calculating a measure, DOdiff, of the difference between the measured values and the DO signat

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (22) for processing input signals (34a, 34b) related to a vital sign of a subject (10), comprising an interface (24) for receiving a non-invasively detected input signal (34a, 34b), a feature extraction module (26) for extracting at least one feature of the input signal (34a, 34b), said at least one feature including an instantaneous frequency representation (40a, 40b) of the input signal (34a, 34b) and/or an instantaneous amplitude representation (42a, 42b) of the input signal (34a, 34b), a processing module (28) for determining a signal information content parameter (52) for the input signal (34a, 34b) based on the at least one extracted feature, said signal information content parameter (52) being indicative of information on a vital sign of the subject (10) included in the input signal (34a, 34b) and a combination module (30) for combining a plurality of input signals based on the signal information content parameters (52) of the plurality of input signals into a

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus having a processor configured to receive an indication that a plurality of devices is located within a defined proximity to the apparatus, determine which of those devices belong to a predetermined group, receive physiological or behavioral data associated with each device of the predetermined group, and provide information to all or a combination of the group of devices and a second device based on a total value corresponding to the received physiological or behavioral data satisfying a predetermined condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring information providing device and method which provide more information regarding a patient's physiological signs in real-time, in particular in case of a drug administration to the patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an object opinion registering device (20) for guiding a person in a decision making situation involving one or more physical objects (10A-10F), the object opinion registering device (20) being arranged to register opinion indications of each of the one or more physical objects (10A-10F), and the object opinion registering device comprising a controller (26) arranged to control at least one object indicator (30) arranged to physically highlight a physical object (10B), among the one or more physical objects (10A-10F), based on registered opinion indications of each of the one or more physical objects (10A-10F).

Abstract: An environment control system (1) for controlling the environment in an area (50), the area (50) comprising a plurality of sub-areas (50a1-50c5), the environment control system (1) comprising: a sensor unit (20) for generating a sensing signal pertaining to activity in the area (50), the sensor unit (20) comprising an activity type determination unit (22) for determining an activity type for each sub-area (50a1-50c5) based on the generated sensing signal for the area (50), a sound generating device (30) adapted to generate sound (32) with a varying sound property individually in each sub-area (50a1-50c5), the varying sound property having a first frequency, a light generating device (40) adapted to generate light (42) with a varying light property in each sub-area (50a1-50c5), the varying light property having a second frequency, a control unit (10) adapted to control the sound generating device (30) and the light generating device (40) independently for each sub-area (50ai-50c5), depending on the determined

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stress-measuring system for determining a level of stress of a user, in particular for monitoring an upcoming burnout, the system (10) comprising: an alarm clock (12) for initiating an alarm at an arbitrary preset time, wherein the system (10) comprises an interface (14) for switching off the alarm; a vital sign sensor (16) for measuring a first vital sign of the user while the user operates the interface (14); and a processing unit (18) for determining the level of stress of the user based on the sensed first vital sign.

Abstract: The present invention relates to healthy lifestyle management. In particular to a device for priming a person (10), comprising a detector (2) for detecting when the person (10) expresses or should express a predetermined behavior, a stimulus unit (4) for providing the person (10) with a sensory stimulus (14, 16, 21), and a control unit (3) for controlling said stimulus unit (4) to provide the person (10) with a sensory stimulus (14, 16, 21) when it has been detected that the person expresses a predetermined behavior and to provide the same person (10) with the same sensory stimulus (14, 16, 21) when it has been detected that the person (10) expresses or should express said predetermined behavior. A further aspect of the invention relates to a method for priming a person and a computer program for carrying out said method.

Abstract: A system for use in assisting a user in a social interaction with another person is provided, the system being configured to determine whether the user recognizes the person and, if it is determined that the user does not recognize the person, to provide information to the user about the person. A corresponding method and computer program product for performing the method are also provided.

Abstract: Spoken translation system which detects both speech from the information and also detects meta information streams from the information. A first aspect produces an enriched training corpus of information for use in the machine translation. A second aspect uses two different extraction techniques, and combines them by lattice rescoring.

Abstract: Spoken translation system which detects both speech from the information and also detects meta information streams from the information. A first aspect produces an enriched training corpus of information for use in the machine translation. A second aspect uses two different extraction techniques, and combines them by lattice rescoring.