IP Library Granted Patent US 11,759,399
Granted Patent B2
US 11,759,399 · App. 17/886,293 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Performance mode adjustment based on activity detection

Inventor: Katelijn Vleugels (San Carlos, CA)
Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
A61J7/0076A61B5/0004G06F3/017G16H40/63
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Patent No.
US 11,759,399
App. No.
17/886,293
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are techniques related to device performance mode adjustment based on activity detection. In some embodiments, the techniques involve detecting, based on processing sensor data obtained from one or more gesture sensors, an activity in which a user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged. The techniques further involve generating information corresponding to the detected activity in which the user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged. The techniques also involve controlling, based on providing the generated information to a device for monitoring a physiological characteristic of the user, adjustment of a performance mode of the device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

Claims (41)

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more processor-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of:

detecting, based on processing sensor data obtained from one or more gesture sensors included in a first device, an activity in which a user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged;

generating information corresponding to the detected activity in which the user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged; and

controlling, based on providing the generated information to a second device for monitoring a physiological characteristic of the user, adjustment of a performance mode of the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user, the second device being separate from the first device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processor-readable media further store instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of:

obtaining physiological characteristic data generated by the second device in the adjusted performance mode; and

regulating medication dosage based on the obtained physiological characteristic data generated by the second device in the adjusted performance mode.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processor-readable media further store instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of:

regulating medication dosage based on the detected activity in which the user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the detected activity is a meal consumption activity.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the generated information corresponding to the detected activity comprises an identification of the detected activity.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the generated information corresponding to the detected activity is formatted to cause the adjustment of the performance mode of the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the physiological characteristic of the user is a glucose level of the user.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein controlling the adjustment of the performance mode comprises causing a change in an amount of power supplied to the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein controlling the adjustment of the performance mode comprises causing a change in a sampling rate of the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein controlling the adjustment of the performance mode comprises causing a change in timing of output generated by the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

11. A processor-implemented method comprising:

detecting, based on processing sensor data obtained from one or more gesture sensors included in a first device, an activity in which a user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged;

generating information corresponding to the detected activity in which the user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged; and

controlling, based on providing the generated information to a second device for monitoring a physiological characteristic of the user, adjustment of a performance mode of the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user, the second device being separate from the first device.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

obtaining physiological characteristic data generated by the second device in the adjusted performance mode; and

regulating medication dosage based on the obtained physiological characteristic data generated by the second device in the adjusted performance mode.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the detected activity is a meal consumption activity.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the physiological characteristic of the user is a glucose level of the user.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein controlling the adjustment of the performance mode comprises causing a change in an amount of power supplied to the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein controlling the adjustment of the performance mode comprises causing a change in a sampling rate of the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein controlling the adjustment of the performance mode comprises causing a change in timing of output generated by the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

18. One or more non-transitory processor-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of:

detecting, based on processing sensor data obtained from one or more gesture sensors included in a first device, an activity in which a user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged;

generating information corresponding to the detected activity in which the user of the one or more gesture sensors is engaged; and

controlling, based on providing the generated information to a second device for monitoring a physiological characteristic of the user, adjustment of a performance mode of the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user, the second device being separate from the first device.

19. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable media of claim 18 , further storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of:

obtaining physiological characteristic data generated by the second device in the adjusted performance mode; and

regulating medication dosage based on the obtained physiological characteristic data generated by the second device in the adjusted performance mode.

20. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable media of claim 18 , wherein controlling the adjustment of the performance mode comprises:

causing a change in an amount of power supplied to the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user;

causing a change in a sampling rate of the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user; or

causing a change in timing of output generated by the second device for monitoring the physiological characteristic of the user.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2026
From: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.; COMPANION MEDICAL, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 074394/0237 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: VLEUGELS, KATELIJN
To: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 060789/0753 →