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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Mankodi et al. (USPN 2022/0080258-Cited by the Applicant)
Regarding claims 1, 13-14, a system for guiding the breathing of a user over a plurality of time windows, comprising: a controller (processor 202) for controlling an actuator (audio output transducer 208) which provides guidance to the user to follow a target breathing rate ([0034]), wherein the controller is configured to: receive a breathing rate of the user ([0044]); set a start target breathing rate ([0046]); and adapt a target breathing rate over the plurality of time windows from the start target breathing rate to an end target breathing rate by setting a target breathing rate for a next time window ([0048]-[0054]) based on a followability measure of how well the user follows the target breathing rate in the current time window and a variability value representing how stable the breathing rate of the user is during the current time window (figures 1-3, [0027], [0032]-[0034], [0042], [0055]).
Regarding claim 2, the controller is configured to set a lower target breathing rate for the next time window when the followability measure is below a followability threshold, indicating an ability to follow the target breathing rate ([0048]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 3, the controller is configured, when the followability measure exceeds a followability threshold, indicating an inability to follow the target breathing rate, to set a target breathing rate for the next time window based on: the variability value; and/or a difference value representing how close the target breathing rate and a breathing rate of the user are over the current time window ([0048]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 4, the controller is configured to set a target breathing rate for the next time window the same as the target breathing rate in the current time window, if the difference value does not exceed a first threshold and the variability value does not exceed a second threshold ([0046]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 5, if the difference value does not exceed the first threshold and the variability value does not exceed the second threshold, the controller is configured to set the target breathing rate for the next time window the same as the target breathing rate in the current time window when the target breathing rate is not the same for the current time window as for the previous time window; and set a higher target breathing rate for the next time window when the target breathing rate is the same for the current time window as for the previous time window ([0046]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 6, the controller is configured to set a higher target breathing rate for the next time window if the difference value does not exceed a first threshold and the variability value exceeds a second threshold ([0046]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 7, the controller is configured to set the breathing rate of the user in the current window as the target breathing rate for the next time window when the followability measure exceeds a followability threshold and the breathing rate of the user is below the target breathing rate in the current time window ([0046]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 8, the controller is configured to set a higher target breathing rate for the next time window if the difference value exceeds a first threshold and the breathing rate of the user is higher than the target breathing rate in the current time window ([0046]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 9, the controller is configured to set the breathing rate of the user in the current time window as a target breathing rate for the next time window if the difference value exceeds a first threshold and the breathing rate of the user is lower than the target breathing rate in the current time window ([0046]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 10, the controller is configured to: set the start target breathing rate based on at least one initial breathing rate of the user in a time period before a first time window of the plurality of time windows ([0046]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 11, the start target breathing rate is set by: setting a mean of the at least one initial breathing rates in the time period as the start target breathing rate if a variability of the at least one initial breathing rates in the time period is below a third threshold; or setting a last initial breathing rate in the time period as the start target breathing rate if a variability of the at least one initial breathing rates in the time period is below a third threshold ([0046]-[0054]).
Regarding claim 12, the controller is configured to adapt the target breathing rate over the plurality of time windows from the start target breathing rate to the end target breathing rate within a predefined period, wherein the target breathing rate is adapted to the end target breathing rate during a first portion of the predefined period and is constant at the end target breathing rate for a rest portion of the predefined period ([0046]-[0054]).
Conclusion
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/MARJAN FARDANESH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3791
