Samsung patents earbuds that detect stress and suggest coping strategies
Samsung has patented a system where earbuds use sensors to monitor body signals like heart movement and breathing to detect when a user is stressed. The technology compares these signals to known patterns to determine if the body's reaction is healthy or unhealthy, then offers personalized advice or cues to help manage the stress.
In the filing’s own words
A method includes receiving multimodal data collected using at least one wearable device during an assessment window. The method also includes extracting biomarker features from the multimodal data, based on changes in the extracted biomarker features. The method also includes detecting that a stress event occurred during the assessment window. The method also includes accessing a plurality of templates of patterns in biomarker features, wherein a first subset of the templates is associated with unhealthy response to stress and a second subset of the templates is associated with healthy response to stress. The method also includes determining whether the stress event corresponds to a healthy response or an unhealthy response based on similarities between a pattern in the extracted biomarker features and the plurality of templates. The method also includes responsive to the stress event corresponding to an unhealthy response, providing a stress management recommendation.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: collecting physiological data from earbuds including at least one photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor and at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) during an assessment window; receiving multimodal data collected using the earbuds during the assessment window; extracting biomarker features from the multimodal data, the extracted biomarker features corresponding to at least lung motion, motion due to heart pumping, and body appendage motion; based on changes in the extracted biomarker features, detecting that a stress event occurred during the assessment window; accessing a plurality of templates of patterns in biomarker features, wherein a first subset of the templates is associated with unhealthy response to stress and a second subset of the templates is associated with healthy response to stress; determining whether the stress event corresponds to a healthy response or an unhealthy response based on similarities between a pattern in the extracted biomarker features and the plurality of templates; and responsive to the stress event corresponding to an unhealthy response, providing a stress management recommendation tailored based on the detected stress event and personalized to an individual wearing the earbuds and associated with at least one other device communicably coupled to the earbuds, the stress management recommendation displayed on the at least one other device, and initiating a stress management intervention at one or more of the earbuds and the at least one other device based on the stress management recommendation, the stress management intervention comprising one or more of a haptic reminder, an auditory cue, or music.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Systems and methods to detect and characterize stress using physiological sensors
- Patent number
- US12745937B2
- Application number
- 18156292
- Filed
- Jan 18, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A61B 5/165 Human necessitiesA61B 5/486 Human necessitiesA61B 5/6802 Human necessitiesA61B 5/7246 Human necessitiesA61B 5/7267 Human necessitiesMore from Samsung in Health & body
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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