An apparatus is suitable for measuring a photoplethysmogram (PPG). A photoplethysmographic sensor apparatus may include a casing defining a surface, a plurality of optical emitters configured to emit radiation extending from the surface, at least one photo sensor configured to capture radiation emitted by at least a subset of the plurality of optical emitters. At least a first measurement configuration and a second configuration is defined by the plurality of optical emitters and the at least one photo sensor such that the first and the second measurement configuration provide different measurement channels by including at least partially different sets of at least one optical emitter and at least one photo sensor. The first and second measurement configurations define different spatial configurations, each of which is line symmetric with respect to an imaginary line along the surface.

Systems, methods, and devices for determining a temporal duration of a rest period using motion data are described herein. In one exemplary embodiment, one or more data filters are applied to received motion data to generate one or more data sets of the motion data. The motion data represents an amount of activity experienced by an individual over the course of a period of time, such as one day. An iterative process is performed to identify a starting point and an ending point of a rest period using the generated data set(s). After the starting and ending points are identified, a temporal difference between the starting and ending points is calculated, and a total temporal duration of the rest period is determined.

A blood pressure measurement method and apparatus, and a wearable device are provided. The blood pressure measurement method includes: detecting a change of a user from a first state to a second state; starting measurement and inflating an airbag (160) to a preset pressure value at a preset rate if determining that the user has changed from the first state to the second state; obtaining first duration of an inflation process; determining a correction value based on the first duration; and after the measurement ends, obtaining a measurement value of a blood pressure, and correcting the measurement value based on the correction value, to obtain a final blood pressure value of the user. The blood pressure measurement method provides an early-morning blood pressure measurement manner in which the early-morning blood pressure can be automatically and accurately measured when the user is insensitive, thereby simplifying user’s operations, and improving user experience.

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for sleep monitoring, an electronic device and a computer readable medium, relating to the field of health monitoring technology, the method comprises: a screen state of a target terminal is obtained; physiological parameters of a user are obtained, the physiological parameters including at least one of body motion parameters and heart rate parameters; a sleep state of the user is determined based on the screen state and the physiological parameters. Since the screen state can reflect the user's operation of the user terminal, and the operation can further reflect the sleep state of the user, and the physiological parameters can also reflect the sleep state of the user, the combination of the screen state and the physiological parameters can make the determination of sleep state more accurate.

A processing system obtain signals that are generated by or generated based on sensors that are included in one or more hearing instruments. Additionally, the processing system determine, based on the signals, whether a posture of a user of the hearing instruments is a target posture. The processing system generate information based on the posture of the user.

The present invention relates to body position detection. In order to improve body position detection, a computer-implemented method is provided that comprises the steps of: a) receiving (210) accelerometer data from an accelerometer mounted on a user,

wherein the received accelerometer data comprises three acceleration components including a first acceleration component in a first axis direction, a second acceleration component in a second axis direction substantially perpendicular to the first axis direction, and a third acceleration component in a third axis direction substantially perpendicular to a plane formed by the first and second axes; and

wherein the first axis direction is parallel to a frontal axis of the user, the second axis direction is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the user, and the third axis direction is parallel to a sagittal axis of the user; b) determining (220), based on the received accelerometer data, at least one body position based on a comparison between an absolute value of a projection of a gravity vector on a plane formed by two of the first, second, and third axes and an absolute value of an acceleration component in a remaining axis direction.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for increasing performance, improving sleep and improving relaxation that involve specifically coordinating nerve stimulation of a cranial nerve (e.g. vagus nerve) in conjunction with augmented reality (AR). According to certain embodiments disclosed are systems that include an AR component that presents information or a stimulus and provides cranial nerve fiber stimulation (CNFS) at strategic times to reduce anxiety/arousal/related during user activity or scenarios and reinforce learning.

Provided is a life support device including: a sensing information acquisition unit that acquires sensing information output from a sensor that senses a state of a person; a first estimation processor that executes first estimation processing of estimating a state of substance intake of the person based on the sensing information; a second estimation processor that executes second estimation processing of estimating a state of activity of the person, the state being correlated with the state of substance intake, based on the sensing information; a life support information generator that generates life support information on the person based on an execution result of the first estimation processing and an execution result of the second estimation processing; and a life support information output unit that outputs the life support information generated.

Methods, systems and devices are provided for motion-activated display of messages on an activity monitoring device. In one embodiment, method for presenting a message on an activity monitoring device is provided, including the following method operations: downloading a plurality of messages to the device; detecting a stationary state of the device; detecting a movement of the device from the stationary state; in response to detecting the movement from the stationary state, selecting one of a plurality of messages, and displaying the selected message on the device.

A wearable health and lifestyle device including at least a measurement module configured to be worn by a user in at least a first wearing position, the measurement module comprising a 3-axis accelerometer unit configured to provide acceleration data and inclination data, a temperature measurement unit configured to provide temperature data, a light radiation measurement unit configured to provide light radiation data, said light radiation measurement unit comprising at least one multi-spectral sensor configured to measure wavelength bands over the range 290 nm to 1150 nm, a storage module configured to receive and store said acceleration data, said inclination data, said temperature data and said light radiation data, and an analysis module configured to analyze a data set comprising acceleration data, inclination data, temperature data and light radiation data.