Patent ID: 6582380
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A61B,G06K,G16H

Abstract:
A method of modifying an activity level of a subject, said subject being one of a human being and a primate, comprising the steps of:detecting a level of physical movement of a subject; measuring an intensity of physical movement of the subject, said intensity of physical movement being based on the detected level of physical movement, said measuring beginning at the start of, and being reset at the end of, an epoch, such that a measurement of intensity is produced for each epoch, wherein said epoch is a predetermined period of time which is continuously repeated; determining whether an epoch intensity measurement crosses an epoch threshold; sending, if the epoch intensity measurement crosses the epoch threshold, an epoch feedback signal to one of the subject, a supervisor, and both the subject and the supervisor, where said epoch feedback signal is proportional to an amount that the epoch intensity measurement crosses the epoch threshold; recording the epoch intensity measurement at the end of each epoch; and calculating a session intensity measurement based on the recorded epoch intensity measurements.