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METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MONITORING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE OF A PERSON

  • US 20100228134A1
  • Filed: 05/03/2010
  • Published: 09/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring the physiological state of a person during exercise using a portable computerized device, comprisingmonitoring the heartbeat of the person in order to obtain heartbeat pulse signals, each heartbeat pulse signal having a maximum and minimum value and a duration or period, and wherein a pulse interval exists between consecutive pulse signals,determining the respiratory frequency of the person i on the basis of the periodicity of the temporal variation of the pulse data contained in the pulse signal, anddetermining the periodicity of the temporal variation of the pulse data using the portable computerized device, in the time domain bytime stamping pulses in the pulse signal,forming a series of successive time points from the time stamps, anddetermining the period of the series,wherein the respiratory frequency is determined on the basis of the period of the series.

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