System and method for evaluating action capacities of an individual

• US 10,172,566 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2017
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Papaix, Benoit, Pujos, Matthieu
• Primary Examiner(s): La, Anh V
• Application Number:
  US15/596,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20170332975A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 340576, 340575, 3405731, 3405737
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/18 for vehicle drivers or machine operators
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7271 Specific aspects of physiological measurement analysis A61B5/316, A61B5/349 and A61B5/374 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system for evaluating the action capacities of an individual comprising at least one measurement module, each measurement module being configured to produce at least one measurement point of a physiological parameter of the individual; a computation module configured to determine at least one set of measurement points representative of a distribution law for the measurement point or points, termed measured set; a computation module configured to compute at least one conditional probability of having one or more states of health; a third computation module configured to compute an average of the computed conditional probability or probabilities; a fourth computation module configured to determine at least one level of action capacity of the individual; a transmission module configured to transmit a signal representative of the level or levels of action capacity of the individual to a user device.

Claims

1. A system for evaluating action capacities of an individual, comprising:

a first memory configured to store a database comprising at least one probability law curve (CE11, . . . CEij), which is termed an expert curve, representative of a probability of having a given state of health for at least one state of health (C1, . . . , Ci) as a function of a physiological parameter value for at least one physiological parameter (PP1, . . . , PPj);

at least one measurement module, each measurement module being configured to produce at least one measurement point of a physiological parameter (PP1, . . . , PPj) of the individual and to provide at least one confidence interval of the measurement module or modules;

a second memory configured to store the measurement point or points of the physiological parameter or parameters (PP1, . . . , PPj) and the confidence interval or intervals;

a first computation module configured to determine at least one set of measurement points representative of a distribution law for the measurement point or points, termed measured set, each measured set being determined on the basis of the measurement point or points of a physiological parameter and of the confidence interval or intervals;

a second computation module configured to compute, for each of the state or states of health (C1, . . . , Ci) and for each of the measured set or sets, at least one conditional probability of having one or more states of health, each conditional probability being computed at each of the points of the measured set knowing the measurement point or points of the physiological parameter;

a third computation module configured to compute, for each of the state or states of health (C1, . . . , Ci) and for each of the measured set or sets, an average of the conditional probability or probabilities computed by the second computation module;

a fourth computation module configured to determine at least one level of action capacity of the individual (CAPAFLY, CAPANAV, CAPACOM, CAPASYS) as a function of the averages of the conditional probability or probabilities;

a transmission module configured to transmit a signal representative of the level or levels of action capacity of the individual (CAPAFLY, CAPANAV, CAPACOM, CAPASYS) to a user device;

wherein the first computation module is configured to compute each conditional probability for a state of health knowing the measurement point or points of a physiological parameter on the basis of the following relation;

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a fifth computation module configured to compute a confidence index on the basis of the confidence interval or intervals, the fourth computation module being configured to determine the level or levels of action capacity (CAPAFLY, CAPANAV, CAPACOM, CAPASYS) as a function of the averages of the conditional probability or probabilities and of the confidence index (IC).

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a sixth computation module configured to determine the expert curve or curves (CE11, . . . CEij).

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the sixth computation module is configured to:

collect standard data corresponding to an expert curve (CE11, . . . CEij) representing a standard value of a physiological parameter as a function of a probability of having a particular state of health from among the state or states of health (C1, . . . , Ci);

carry out an approximation of the expert curve (CE11, . . . CEij) by at least one Bé

zier curve;

normalize the approximated expert curve (CE11, . . . CEij).

5. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a learning module configured to weight the expert curve or curves (CE11, . . . CEij) stored in the first memory as a function of real physiological parameters of the individual.

6. A method for evaluating action capacities of an individual, comprising:

implementing a measurement step, by at least one measurement module, comprising producing at least one measurement point for at least one physiological parameter (PP1, . . . , PPj) of the individual and providing at least one confidence interval of the measurement module or modules;

implementing a first computation step, by a first computation module, comprising computing at least one set representative of a distribution law for the measurement point or points, termed measured set, the measured set or sets being determined on the basis of the measurement point or points of each of the physiological parameter or parameters (PP1, . . . , PPj) and of the confidence interval or intervals;

implementing a second computation step, by a second computation module, comprising computing, for at least one state of health (C1, . . . , Ci) and for each of the measured set or sets, at least one conditional probability of having one or more states of health (C1, . . . , Ci), each conditional probability being computed at each of the points of the measured set knowing the measurement point or points of the physiological parameter (PP1, . . . , PPj);

implementing a third computation step, by a third computation module, comprising computing, for each of the state or states of health (C1, . . . , Ci) and for each of the measured set or sets, an average of the conditional probability or probabilities computed by the second computation module;

implementing a fourth computation step, by a fourth computation module, comprising determining at least one level of action capacity of the individual (CAPAFLY, CAPANAV, CAPACOM, CAPASYS) as a function of the averages of the conditional probabilities;

implementing a transmission step, by a transmission module, comprising transmitting a signal representative of the level or levels of action capacity (CAPAFLY, CAPANAV, CAPACOM, CAPASYS) to a user device;

wherein each conditional probability for a state of health knowing the measurement point or points of a physiological parameter is computed on the basis of the following expression;

7. The method according to claim 6, further implementing a fifth computation step, by a fifth computation module, comprising computing a confidence index (IC) on the basis of the confidence interval or intervals, the fourth computation step comprising determining at least one action capacity of the individual (CAPAFLY, CAPANAV, CAPACOM, CAPASYS) as a function of the averages of the conditional probabilities and of the confidence index (IC).

8. The method according to claim 6, further implementing a sixth computation step, by a sixth computation module, comprising determining the expert curve or curves.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the sixth computation step comprises for each expert curve:

a sub-step of collecting standard data, the standard data corresponding to an expert curve (CE11, . . . , CEij) representing a standard value of a physiological parameter (PP1, . . . , PPj) as a function of a probability of having a particular state of health from among the state or states of health (C1, . . . , Ci);

a sub-step of approximating the expert curve (CE11, . . . , CEij) by at least one Bé

zier curve;

a sub-step of normalizing the approximated expert curve (CE11, . . . , CEij).

10. The method according to claim 6, further implementing a learning step, by a learning module, comprising weighting the expert curve or curves (CE11, . . . CEij) stored in the first memory as a function of real physiological parameters of the individual.