US 12,257,074 B2
Stress estimation device, stress estimation method, and recording media
Yoshifumi Onishi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/771,876
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/043491
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/090402, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370009 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4884 (2013.01) [A61B 5/004 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a camera configured to capture an image of a subject, the image including an eye of the subject;
a display device;
a memory storing instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire the image of the subject captured by the camera;
detect an eye opening degree of the subject from the acquired image, the eye opening degree being a first time series signal;
determine an awakening degree of the subject based on the eye opening degree of the subject, the awakening degree being a second time series signal;
calculate a feature amount of the acquired awakening degree;
estimate stress from the calculated feature amount using a stress model;
determine whether the stress is greater than a threshold; and
display a message on the display device prompting the subject to take a rest when the stress has been determined to be greater than the threshold,
wherein the feature amount is a ratio at which a temporal change of the awakening degree is within a predetermined range, or information that defines a histogram indicating a distribution of the temporal change of the awakening degree, and
wherein the temporal change of the awakening degree is a first-order differential or a second-order differential of the awakening degree.