WEARABLE DEVICE OPERABLE TO DETECT AND/OR MANAGE USER STRESS
Stress management apparatus includes a wearable device having one or more physiological sensors operable to be engaged with a body of a user. One or more processors communicatively coupled with the wearable device having a memory storing instructions when executed operable to: detect one or more physiological indicators of stress; suggest a stress intervention to the user; monitor compliance with the stress intervention; and track a reduction of the one or more physiological indicators of stress.
1 . A stress management apparatus comprising:
a wearable device having one or more physiological sensors operable to be engaged with a body of a user;
one or more processors communicatively coupled with the wearable device, the one or more processors having a memory storing instructions when executed operable to:
detect one or more physiological indicators of stress;
suggest a stress intervention to the user;
monitor a compliance with the stress intervention; and
track a reduction of the one or more physiological indicators of stress.
2 . The stress management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physiological sensors are an electrodemal sensor (EDA), galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor, a photoplethysmography (PPG), an electrocardiogram (EKG), an inertial measurement sensor, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a blood pressure sensor, a pulse oximetry (SpO 2 ) sensor, a respiratory rate monitor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an audio sensor, and combinations thereof
3 . The stress management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physiological indicators of stress are a change of one or more of skin temperature, heart rate, heart rate variability, blood pulse volume, skin conductance, skin impedance, blood pressure, breathing rate, blood oxygenation, and/or perspiration.
4 . The stress management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a stress intervention is a breathing exercise having a predetermined sequence of inhale and/or exhale patterns.
5 . The stress management apparatus of claim 4 , wherein monitoring a compliance with the stress intervention monitors an inhale and/or exhale pattern of the user compared with the inhale and/or exhale pattern associated with the breathing exercise.
6 . The stress management apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising repeat the stress intervention if the compliance with the stress intervention is below a predetermined threshold.
7 . The stress management apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising one or more context sensors, wherein the one or more context sensors are operable to detect one or more environmental elements of the user.
8 . The stress management apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the one or more environmental elements are ambient temperature, humidity, air quality, noise level, ultraviolet (UV) level, and/or location.
9 . The stress management apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more physiological indicators of stress are determined relative to the one or more environmental elements.
10 . The stress management apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising determine if the one or more physiological indicators of stress has changed.
11 . The stress management apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising establish a baseline for the one or more physiological indicators of stress in an unstressed state for the user.
12 . The stress management apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the baseline is adjusted through continuous monitoring of the one or more physiological sensors.
13 . A method of stress management, the method comprising:
detecting, via one or more physiological sensors, one or more physiological indicators of stress;
suggesting a stress intervention to a user;
monitor, via the one or more physiological sensors, compliance with the stress intervention; and
tracking, via the one or more physiological sensors, a reduction of the one or more physiological indicators of stress.
14 . The method of stress management of claim 13 , further comprising establishing, via the one or more physiological sensors, a baseline for the one or more physiological indicators of stress in an unstressed state for the user.
15 . The method of stress management of claim 14 , further comprising adjusting the baseline of the one or more physiological indicators of stress continuously.
16 . The method of stress management of claim 13 , further comprising repeating the stress intervention if the compliance with the stress intervention is below a predetermined threshold.
17 . The method of stress management of claim 13 , wherein the one or more physiological indicators of stress are determined relative to one or more environmental elements operably detected by one or more context sensors.
18 . The method of stress management of claim 17 , wherein the one or more environmental elements are ambient temperature, humidity, air quality, noise level, ultraviolet (UV) level, and/or location.
19 . The method of stress management of claim 13 , wherein a stress intervention is a breathing exercise having a predetermined sequence of inhale and/or exhale patterns.
20 . The method of stress management of claim 19 , wherein monitoring compliance with the stress intervention monitors an inhale and/or exhale pattern of the user compared with the inhale and/or exhale pattern associated with the breathing exercise.