System and method for estimating a basal body temperature and forming an indication of ovulation
First Claim
1. A system for determining a point of ovulation in a female, the system comprising:
- a data logger device comprising;
a first temperature sensor for measuring a first body temperature of the female;
a data store;
control logic configured to store at the data store representations of first body temperature measurements of the female as a first physiological data set; and
a transmitter operable to transmit at least some of the first physiological data set;
a data reader device comprising a receiver operable to receive at least some of the first physiological data set from the data logger device; and
a data processor arranged to access the first physiological data set received by the data reader device and to extrapolate a decrease in first body temperature indicated during a sleep period so as to estimate a basal body temperature of the user representative of a minimum body temperature, and thereby forming an indication of the point of ovulation from said estimated basal body temperature.
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Abstract
A data logger device for in-situ measurement of one or more physical parameters comprising a power source; one or more sensors for measuring the one or more physical parameters; a data store for storing representations of at least some of the measured values of the one or more physical parameters; control logic arranged to write the representations of at least some of the measured values to the data store and arranged to read data from the data store during data transmission; an antenna; and a transmitter coupled to the antenna and configured to transmit the stored data by passive transmission. The physical parameter may be temperature. A processor may estimate basal body temperature by extrapolating from a plurality of temperature readings during a sleep period. The estimated basal temperature may be used to form an indication of ovulation.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for determining a point of ovulation in a female, the system comprising:
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a data logger device comprising; a first temperature sensor for measuring a first body temperature of the female; a data store; control logic configured to store at the data store representations of first body temperature measurements of the female as a first physiological data set; and a transmitter operable to transmit at least some of the first physiological data set; a data reader device comprising a receiver operable to receive at least some of the first physiological data set from the data logger device; and a data processor arranged to access the first physiological data set received by the data reader device and to extrapolate a decrease in first body temperature indicated during a sleep period so as to estimate a basal body temperature of the user representative of a minimum body temperature, and thereby forming an indication of the point of ovulation from said estimated basal body temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for determining a basal body temperature of an animal or human, the system comprising:
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a data logger device comprising; a first temperature sensor for measuring a first body temperature; a data store; control logic configured to store representations of first body temperature measurements at the data store as a first physiological data set; and a transmitter operable to transmit at least some of the first physiological data set; a data reader device comprising a receiver operable to receive at least some of the first physiological data set from the data logger device; and a data processor arranged to access the first physiological data set and to extrapolate a decrease in first body temperature indicated during a sleep period so as to estimate a basal body temperature of the user representative of a minimum body temperature. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for determining a point of ovulation in a female, the method comprising:
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storing at a data store as a first physiological data set representations of first body temperature measurements of the female measured by a first temperature sensor; accessing by a data reader device at least some of the first physiological data set stored in said data store; estimating, using a data processor associated with said data reader device, a basal body temperature of the female from the accessed first physiological data set by extrapolating a decrease in first body temperature indicated during a sleep period so as to estimate a basal body temperature of the user representative of a minimum body temperature; and forming an indication of the point of ovulation from said estimated basal body temperature.
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