Method of monitoring human relaxation level, and user-operated heart rate monitor
First Claim
1. A user-operated heart rate monitor comprising:
- a timing instant determining means for determining a plurality of heart beat timing instants from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram;
a relaxation calculating means for calculating an instantaneous relaxation measure value by using the plurality of heart beat timing instants;
a relaxation reference generating means for generating a relaxation measure reference value by using a plurality of instantaneous relaxation measure values, each calculated over a different observation period;
a displaying means configured to display a reference pointer indicating graphically the relaxation measure reference value; and
wherein the displaying means is further configured to display a relaxation pointer indicating graphically the instantaneous relaxation measure value relative to the reference pointer.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring a human relaxation level and a user-operated heart rate monitor are provided. The user-operated heart rate monitor comprises a timing instant determining means for determining a plurality of heart beat timing instants from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram; a relaxation calculating means for calculating an instantaneous relaxation measure value by using the plurality of heart beat timing instants; a relaxation reference calculating means for generating a relaxation measure reference value by using a plurality of instantaneous relaxation measure values, each calculated over a different observation period; and a displaying means configured to display a reference pointer indicating graphically the relaxation measure reference value and further configured to display a relaxation pointer indicating graphically the instantaneous relaxation measure value relative to the reference pointer.
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32 Claims
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1. A user-operated heart rate monitor comprising:
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a timing instant determining means for determining a plurality of heart beat timing instants from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram;
a relaxation calculating means for calculating an instantaneous relaxation measure value by using the plurality of heart beat timing instants;
a relaxation reference generating means for generating a relaxation measure reference value by using a plurality of instantaneous relaxation measure values, each calculated over a different observation period;
a displaying means configured to display a reference pointer indicating graphically the relaxation measure reference value; and
wherein the displaying means is further configured to display a relaxation pointer indicating graphically the instantaneous relaxation measure value relative to the reference pointer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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2. A user-operated heart rate monitor comprising:
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a timing instant determining means for determining a plurality of heart beat timing instants from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram;
a relaxation calculating means for calculating heart beat rate variation by using heart beat timing instants over an observation period, an instantaneous relaxation measure value being proportional to the heart beat rate variation; and
a relaxation reference generating means for calculating a relaxation measure reference value by using a plurality of instantaneous relaxation measure values, each calculated over a different observation period;
a displaying means configured to display a reference pointer indicating graphically the relaxation measure reference value; and
wherein the displaying means is further configured to display a relaxation pointer indicating graphically the instantaneous relaxation measure value relative to the reference pointer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of monitoring a human relaxation level, comprising:
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determining a plurality of heart beat timing instants from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram;
calculating an instantaneous relaxation measure value by using the plurality of heart beat timing instants;
generating a relaxation measure reference value by using a plurality of instantaneous relaxation measure values, each calculated over a different observation period;
displaying a reference pointer indicating graphically the relaxation measure reference value; and
displaying a relaxation pointer indicating graphically the instantaneous relaxation measure value relative to the reference pointer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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11. A method of monitoring a human relaxation level, comprising:
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determining a plurality of heart beat timing instants from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram;
calculating heart beat rate variation by using heart beat timing instants over an observation period, an instantaneous relaxation measure value being proportional to the heart beat rate variation;
generating a relaxation measure reference value by using a plurality of instantaneous relaxation measure values, each calculated over a different observation period;
displaying a reference pointer indicating graphically the relaxation measure reference value; and
displaying a relaxation pointer indicating graphically the instantaneous relaxation measure value relative to the reference pointer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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26. The method of 10, further comprising:
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displaying a relaxation scale with tick marks; and
displaying the relaxation pointer and the reference pointer relative to the relaxation scale.
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