METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATION OF A SUBJECT'S EMOTIONAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND/OR PHYSICAL STATE WITH THE SUBJECT'S PHYSIOLOGICAL AND/OR ACOUSTIC DATA
First Claim
1. A method of determining an emotional state of a subject, comprising:
- measuring one or more physiological characteristics of a subject;
measuring one or more acoustic characteristics of acoustic output of the subject; and
processing the measured one or more physiological characteristics and the measured one or more acoustic characteristics to determine an emotional state of the subject.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for remote evaluation of a subject'"'"'s emotive and/or physiological state. Embodiments can utilize a device that can be used to determine the emotional and/or physiological state of a subject through the measurement and analysis of vital signs and/or speech. A specific embodiment relates to a device capable of remotely acquiring a subject'"'"'s physiological and/or acoustic data, and then correlating and analyzing the data to provide an assessment of a subject'"'"'s emotional and/or physiological state. In a further specific embodiment, the device can acquire such data, correlate and analyze the data, and provide the assessment of the subject'"'"'s emotional state and/or physiological in real time.
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53 Claims
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1. A method of determining an emotional state of a subject, comprising:
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measuring one or more physiological characteristics of a subject; measuring one or more acoustic characteristics of acoustic output of the subject; and processing the measured one or more physiological characteristics and the measured one or more acoustic characteristics to determine an emotional state of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of determining a physiological state of a subject, comprising:
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measuring one or more physiological characteristics of a subject; creating a corresponding one or more predicted physiological characteristics of the subject based on the measured one or more physiological characteristics of the subject; measuring one or more acoustic characteristics of acoustic output of the subject; refining the corresponding one or more predicted physiological characteristics based on the measured one or more acoustic characteristics; and determining a physiological state of the subject based on the refined one or more physiological characteristics of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. A method of determining physiological characteristics of a subject, comprising:
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measuring one or more physiological characteristics of a subject; creating a corresponding one or more predicted physiological characteristics of the subject based on the measured one or more physiological characteristics of the subject; measuring one or more acoustic characteristics of acoustic output of the subject; and normalizing the corresponding one or more predicted physiological characteristics based on the measured one or more acoustic characteristics.
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43. A method of determining a subject'"'"'s emotional state, comprising:
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measuring one or more acoustic characteristics of acoustic output of a subject, wherein the measured one or more acoustic characteristics corresponds to a corresponding one or more measured acoustic segments of time within a particular segment of time, wherein the particular segment of time occurs after a stimulus; and processing the measured one or more acoustic characteristics to determine an emotional state of the subject, wherein the emotional state of the subject corresponds to the particular segment of time.
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44. A method of determining a subject'"'"'s emotional state, comprising:
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measuring one or more physiological characteristics a subject, wherein the measured one or more physiological characteristics corresponds to a corresponding one or more measured physiological segments of time within a particular segment of time, wherein the particular segment of time occurs after a stimulus; and processing the measured one or more physiological characteristics to determine an emotional state of the subject, wherein the emotional state of the subject corresponds to the particular segment of time.
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45. An apparatus for determining a subject'"'"'s emotional state, comprising:
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a physiological data acquisition unit, wherein the physiological data acquisition unit acquires physiological data of a subject; an acoustic data acquisition unit, wherein the acoustic data acquisition unit acquires acoustic data of a subject; and an information processing unit, wherein the information processing unit receives and processes the physiological data and/or acoustic data, and outputs an indication of the subject'"'"'s emotional state. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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