PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972172
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "534000"]

Abstract:
Device, system and method to monitor user breathing patterns utilizing posture and diaphragm (breathing) sensor signals. The user worn device comprises a housing attached to a retractable belt that is worn around the user's trunk. The housing contains both posture and breathing sensors. The device monitors the output signals of these sensors and measures the state of both the user's posture and diaphragm (e.g. changes in the belt's length or force on the belt as a function of user breathing) to analyze breathing signals. The system's processor receives, processes, and transmits sensor signal data, and can also calibrate and interpret these signals utilizing various algorithms. In a preferred embodiment, the posture sensor is an accelerometer, and the retractable belt winds around a spring tensioned spool in the device's housing. The software can produce posture adjusted user respiration data, and can also be used for breath training and other purposes.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for tracking respiration and posture from a location on a human user, said method comprising:\n measuring user respiration by using a device comprising a housing, a computer processor, an electronic angle sensor, a retracting belt, a retracting mechanism, a housing fastener, and an electronic breathing sensor to produce an electronic breathing sensor signal reporting on at least one of force and movement of said retracting belt; said retracting belt comprising a first belt end that is connected to said retracting mechanism, and a second belt end configured with a belt fastener configured to reversibly attach to said housing fastener; said housing and said retracting belt configured so that when said retracting belt is worn around said user's trunk, and said belt fastener is attached to said housing fastener, said retracting belt experiences any of force and movement in response to user respiration, and said breathing sensor produces a breathing sensor signal reporting on said \\respiration; using an electronic angle sensor to report on an angle of said user's posture with respect to a direction of gravity, said electronic angle sensor configured so that when said retracting belt is worn around said user's trunk, and said belt fastener is attached to said housing fastener, said angle sensor produces an angle sensor signal reporting on an angle of said user's posture; processing said breathing sensor signal and said angle sensor signal with said processor, and using said processor to produce an output reporting on at least one of: a) angle sensor data reporting on said user's posture, and breathing sensor data reporting on said user's respiration; and b) posture adjusted user respiration data.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05952
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15914136', '14902075', '11601150', '11920342', '14715139']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4677323885871413
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5021702214762085
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.471176171876048
- Mean Citation Score: 203.262072
- Max Citation Score: 247.4539
- Similarity Product: 143.9903124278128

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test