US 11,989,884 B2
Method, apparatus and program
Laurence Pearce, Southampton (GB); and Samuel Pearce, Southampton (GB)
Assigned to XIM LIMITED, Southampton (GB)
Filed by XIM LIMITED, Southampton (GB)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,673.
Application 17/859,673 is a continuation of application No. 16/621,829, granted, now 11,416,996, previously published as PCT/GB2018/051696, filed on Jun. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1710756 (GB), filed on Jul. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351384 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 7/0016 (2013.01) [A61B 5/02125 (2013.01); A61B 5/1032 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 2560/0238 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a parameter, the parameter being used to derive a physiological characteristic of an individual from an image;
obtaining a corresponding parameter for a plurality of other individuals within a cohort of the individual;
comparing the parameter for the individual with a statistically significant parameter for the plurality of other individuals;
adjusting the parameter for the individual in accordance with the difference between the parameter for the individual and the statistically significant parameter for the plurality of other individuals; and
determining a physiological characteristic of the individual from an image of the individual using the adjusted parameter.