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SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME TESTING APPARATUS, TEST METHOD FOR SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME AND TANGIBLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM

  • US 20120190996A1
  • Filed: 01/23/2012
  • Published: 07/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sleep apnea syndrome testing apparatus comprising:

  • an analyzing unit to analyze a sound signal resulting from a subject during sleep and collected by a sound pickup device and to calculate duration and frequency characteristics of a partial sound signal being a sound produced by the subject and being included in the sound signal; and

    a determining unit to determine, based on an analysis result by the analyzing unit, whether or not the duration and the frequency characteristics of the partial sound signal match the characteristic sound and to determine whether or not the sound signal includes a characteristic sound produced when a sleep state of the subject recovers from an apneic state into a breathing state.

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