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US 12,334,105 · App. 17/531,828 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Detecting impaired physiological function by speech analysis

Inventor: Ilan D. Shallom (Gedera, IL)
Assignee: Cordio Medical Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,334,105
App. No.
17/531,828
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes computing one or more values of at least one parameter at respective times during an exhalation of a subject, based on one or more properties of sound passing through air exhaled by the subject during the exhalation, the parameter being related to a concentration of a gas in the air. The method further includes generating an output in response to the values. Other embodiments are also described.

Claims (78)

1. A system, comprising:

an output device; and

one or more processors configured to cooperatively carry out a process that includes:

receiving a speech signal representing speech uttered by a subject,

processing the speech signal so as to identify one or more properties of the speech that depend on a concentration of a gas in air exhaled by the subject while uttering the speech,

based on the properties, computing one or more values of at least one parameter at respective times during the speech, the parameter being related to the concentration of the gas, and

generating an output, via the output device, in response to the values.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor configured to measure a speed of sound in the air, wherein the process includes computing the values based on the speed.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor configured to measure a baseline concentration of the gas in other exhaled air, wherein the process includes computing the values based on the baseline concentration of the gas.

4. A method, comprising:

receiving a speech signal representing speech uttered by a subject;

processing the speech signal so as to identify one or more properties of the speech that depend on a concentration of a gas in air exhaled by the subject while uttering the speech,

based on the properties, computing one or more values of at least one parameter at respective times during the speech, the parameter being related to the concentration of the gas; and

generating an output in response to the values.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the output indicates a state of the subject with respect to a physiological condition selected from the group of conditions consisting of: heart failure, asthma, hypobaropathy, hypercapnia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD).

6. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising, based on the values, identifying an extent to which a rate of change in the concentration of the gas is perfusion-constrained, wherein the output indicates the extent to which the rate of change is perfusion-constrained.

7. The method according to claim 4 ,

wherein computing the one or more values of the at least one parameter comprises computing multiple values of the concentration of the gas,

wherein the method further comprises, based on the multiple values of the concentration of the gas, computing a rate of change of the concentration of the gas, and

wherein generating the output comprises generating the output in response to the rate of change.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein generating the output comprises generating the output in response to comparing the rate of change to a baseline rate of change.

9. The method according to claim 7 ,

wherein computing the one or more values of the at least one parameter further comprises computing multiple molecular-mass values of a molecular mass of the air,

wherein the method further comprises identifying an extent to which the rate of change is perfusion-constrained, and

wherein computing the rate of change comprises computing the rate of change based on the molecular-mass values and in response to identifying the extent to which the rate of change is perfusion-constrained.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein computing the rate of change comprises computing the rate of change as a function of:

another rate of change of the molecular mass, and

at least one constant that depends on the extent to which the rate of change is perfusion-constrained.

11. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more values include an equilibrium value of the parameter.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the equilibrium value includes a CO 2 -equilibrium value of a CO 2 -concentration of CO 2 in the air.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein computing the CO 2 -equilibrium value comprises computing the CO 2 -equilibrium value based on a baseline CO 2 -equilibrium value that was measured prior to the speech.

14. The method according to claim 4 , wherein computing the values comprises:

selecting portions of the speech signal recorded at the times, respectively;

computing respective spectral envelopes of the portions; and

computing the values based on respective expansions or contractions of the spectral envelopes relative to respective corresponding baseline spectral envelopes.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the values include respective expansion factors that quantify the expansions or contractions.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the baseline spectral envelopes belong to respective baseline signal-portions corresponding to the portions of the signal, respectively.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the baseline signal-portions are other portions of the speech signal.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the baseline signal-portions belong to a reference speech signal.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the reference speech signal represents other speech uttered while in a known physiological state, and wherein the output indicates a physiological state of the subject relative to the known physiological state.

20. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the reference speech signal represents other speech, and wherein computing the values comprises computing the values based on one or more measured properties of other air exhaled during the other speech.

21. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the reference speech signal represents other speech uttered by the subject.

22. The method according to claim 16 , wherein computing the values comprises computing the values while identifying the correspondence between the baseline signal-portions and the portions of the speech signal, by varying the correspondence and expanding or contracting the spectral envelopes or the baseline spectral envelopes so as to minimize a sum of respective distance measures for the portions, the distance measure for each of the portions being a distance between (i) spectral coefficients of the portion and (ii) baseline spectral coefficients of the baseline signal-portion to which the portion corresponds, following the expansion or contraction.

23. The method according to claim 22 , wherein computing the values comprises computing the values under a constraint that the values vary in accordance with a predefined function.

24. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising, prior to computing the values, identifying the correspondence between the portions and the baseline signal-portions by minimizing a sum of respective distance measures for the portions, the distance measure for each of the portions being a distance between (i) spectral coefficients of the portion and (ii) baseline spectral coefficients of the baseline signal-portion to which the portion corresponds.

25. The method according to claim 24 , wherein computing the values comprises computing the values based on, for each of the portions, a statistic of respective ratios between (i) one or more formant frequencies of the portion, and (ii) corresponding formant frequencies in the baseline spectrum for the portion.

26. The method according to claim 24 , wherein the values include respective expansion factors that quantify the expansions or contractions, and wherein the expansion factor for each portion minimizes a distance between (i) spectral coefficients of the portion and (ii) baseline spectral coefficients of the baseline spectrum for the portion, following an application of the expansion factor to the spectral coefficients or to the baseline spectral coefficients.

27. The method according to claim 4 , wherein computing the values comprises computing the values based on respective measured speeds of sound in the air.

28. A computer software product comprising a tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by one or more processors, cause the processors to cooperatively carry out a process that includes:

receiving a speech signal representing speech uttered by a subject,

processing the speech signal so as to identify one or more properties of the speech that depend on a concentration of a gas in air exhaled by the subject while uttering the speech,

based on the properties, computing one or more values of at least one parameter at respective times during the speech, the parameter being related to the concentration of the gas, and

generating an output in response to the values.

29. The computer software product according to claim 28 , wherein the output indicates a state of the subject with respect to a physiological condition selected from the group of conditions consisting of: heart failure, asthma, hypobaropathy, hypercapnia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD).

30. The computer software product according to claim 28 , wherein the process further includes, based on the values, identifying an extent to which a rate of change in the concentration of the gas is perfusion-constrained, and wherein the output indicates the extent to which the rate of change is perfusion-constrained.

31. The computer software product according to claim 28 ,

wherein computing the one or more values of the at least one parameter includes computing multiple values of the concentration of the gas,

wherein the process further includes, based on the multiple values of the concentration of the gas, computing a rate of change of the concentration of the gas, and

wherein generating the output includes generating the output in response to the rate of change.

32. The computer software product according to claim 31 , wherein generating the output includes generating the output in response to comparing the rate of change to a baseline rate of change.

33. The computer software product according to claim 31 ,

wherein computing the one or more values of the at least one parameter further includes computing multiple molecular-mass values of a molecular mass of the air,

wherein the process further includes identifying an extent to which the rate of change is perfusion-constrained, and

wherein computing the rate of change includes computing the rate of change based on the molecular-mass values and in response to identifying the extent to which the rate of change is perfusion-constrained.

34. The computer software product according to claim 28 , wherein the one or more values include an equilibrium value of the parameter.

35. The computer software product according to claim 34 , wherein the equilibrium value includes a CO 2 -equilibrium value of a CO 2 -concentration of CO 2 in the air.

36. The computer software product according to claim 28 , wherein computing the values includes:

selecting portions of the speech signal recorded at the times, respectively,

computing respective spectral envelopes of the portions, and

computing the values based on respective expansions or contractions of the spectral envelopes relative to respective corresponding baseline spectral envelopes.

37. The computer software product according to claim 36 , wherein the values include respective expansion factors that quantify the expansions or contractions.

38. The computer software product according to claim 36 , wherein the baseline spectral envelopes belong to respective baseline signal-portions corresponding to the portions of the signal, respectively.

39. The computer software product according to claim 38 , wherein the baseline signal-portions are other portions of the speech signal.

40. The computer software product according to claim 38 , wherein the baseline signal-portions belong to a reference speech signal.

41. The computer software product according to claim 38 , wherein computing the values includes computing the values while identifying the correspondence between the baseline signal-portions and the portions of the speech signal, by varying the correspondence and expanding or contracting the spectral envelopes or the baseline spectral envelopes so as to minimize a sum of respective distance measures for the portions, the distance measure for each of the portions being a distance between (i) spectral coefficients of the portion and (ii) baseline spectral coefficients of the baseline signal-portion to which the portion corresponds, following the expansion or contraction.

42. The computer software product according to claim 41 , wherein computing the values includes computing the values under a constraint that the values vary in accordance with a predefined function.

43. The computer software product according to claim 38 , wherein the process further includes, prior to computing the values, identifying the correspondence between the portions and the baseline signal-portions by minimizing a sum of respective distance measures for the portions, the distance measure for each of the portions being a distance between (i) spectral coefficients of the portion and (ii) baseline spectral coefficients of the baseline signal-portion to which the portion corresponds.

44. The computer software product according to claim 28 , wherein computing the values includes computing the values based on respective measured speeds of sound in the air.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: SHALLOM, ILAN D.
To: CORDIO MEDICAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 058177/0528 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63116949 · Nov 23, 2020
Related Publication 20220165295A1 · May 26, 2022
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