ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,155, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NIHON KOHDEN Corp. (Tokyo).

"Physiological information processing method, physiological information processing device, and physiological information processing system" was invented by Tetsuri Ariyama (Tokorozawa, Japan), Kenji Ohara (Tokorozawa, Japan), Minoru Matsushima (Tokorozawa, Japan) and Hideki Ochiai (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physiological information processing method executed by a computer. The computer can obtain a stress index parameter that indicates a stress index of a subject based on physiological information data. The computer can also compare the stre...