Granted Patent B2

US 12,471,819 · App. 18/337,073 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Inventors: Heikki Karma (Oulu, FI); Kirsi Maansaari (Oulu, FI); Heli Koskimäki (Oulu, FI); Tero Vallius (Oulu, FI)

Assignee: OURA HEALTH OY

A61B5/18A61B5/1112A61B5/6801A61B5/746B60Q9/00G08B21/0453A61B5/7435A61B2503/22A61B2562/0219

Abstract

Claims (56)

1 . A method for providing physiological state-related insights associated with a user, comprising:

receiving baseline physiological data associated with a user from at least one wearable device;

obtaining a physiological baseline associated with the user based at least in part on the baseline physiological data associated with the user, the physiological baseline providing reference user alertness data;

establishing an active local communication link between a user device and at least one vehicle, the user device being a separate device from the at least one wearable device;

detecting a current traveling event involving the at least one vehicle based at least in part on the existence of the active local communication link between the user device and the at least one vehicle;

receiving additional physiological data associated with the user from the at least one wearable device;

obtaining current user alertness data based at least in part on the additional physiological data associated with the user;

identifying a trigger condition for providing a physiological state-related insight associated with the user relating to the traveling event based at least in part on a comparison between the current user alertness data and the reference user alertness data; and

causing the user device to provide the physiological state-related insight associated with the user.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional physiological data comprises acceleration sensor data, and the method further comprises:

identifying that the user is driving the at least one vehicle based at least in part on a comparison between the acceleration sensor data and reference acceleration sensor data; and

detecting the traveling event based at least in part on the comparison.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving satellite positioning data from the user device; and

detecting the traveling event based at least in part on the satellite positioning data from the user device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, in response to detecting the traveling event, to the at least one wearable device an instruction to apply a predefined rate for transmitting the physiological data.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein causing the user device to provide the physiological state-related insight associated with the user comprises transmitting the physiological state-related insight to the at least one vehicle via the active local communication link between the user device and the at least one vehicle.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the user device to provide the physiological state-related insight associated with the user comprises causing a graphical user interface of the user device to display the physiological state-related insight.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the user device to provide the physiological state-related insight associated with the user comprises causing the user device to provide at least one of an auditory alert, a haptic alert and a visual alert associated with the physiological state-related insight.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving vehicle data associated with the user from the at least one vehicle, wherein the vehicle data associated with the user comprises user behavior data collected during the traveling event,

wherein identifying the trigger condition comprises identifying the trigger condition based at least in part on the vehicle data associated with the user.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving weather data associated with the traveling event;

determining, based on the weather data associated with the traveling event, that the weather data associated with the traveling event has an effect on the traveling event; and

wherein identifying the trigger condition comprises identifying the trigger condition based at least in part on the weather data.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving satellite positioning data associated with the traveling event from the user device;

determining, based on the satellite positioning data associated with the traveling event, that the traveling event relates to an inexperienced route for the user; and

wherein identifying the trigger condition comprises identifying the trigger condition based at least in part on the determination.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving route schedule data associated with the traveling event;

wherein identifying the trigger condition comprises identifying the trigger condition based at least in part on the route schedule data.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger condition is identified when the current user alertness data differs from the reference user alertness data by a predetermined threshold amount.

13 . An apparatus for providing physiological state-related insights associated with a user, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive baseline physiological data associated with a user from at least one wearable device;

obtain a physiological baseline associated with the user based at least in part on the baseline physiological data associated with the user, the physiological baseline providing reference user alertness data;

establish an active local communication link between a user device and at least one vehicle, the user device being a separate device from the at least one wearable device;

detect a current traveling event involving the at least one vehicle based at least in part on the existence of the active local communication link between the user device and the at least one vehicle;

receive additional physiological data associated with the user from the at least one wearable device;

obtain current user alertness data based at least in part on the additional physiological data associated with the user;

identify a trigger condition for providing a physiological state-related insight associated with the user relating to the traveling event based at least in part on a comparison between the current user alertness data and the reference user alertness data; and

cause the user device to provide the physiological state-related insight associated with the user.

14 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive baseline physiological data associated with a user from at least one wearable device;

obtain a physiological baseline associated with the user based at least in part on the baseline physiological data associated with the user, the physiological baseline providing reference user alertness data;

establish an active local communication link between a user device and at least one vehicle, the user device being a separate device from the at least one wearable device;

detect a current traveling event involving the at least one vehicle based at least in part on the existence of the active local communication link between the user device and the at least one vehicle;

receive additional physiological data associated with the user from the at least one wearable device;

obtain current user alertness data based at least in part on the additional physiological data associated with the user;

identify a trigger condition for providing a physiological state-related insight associated with the user relating to the traveling event based at least in part on a comparison between the current user alertness data and the reference user alertness data; and

cause the user device to provide the physiological state-related insight associated with the user.

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