A system and method developed for embedded devices and mobile platforms to facilitate falling sleep and improve the waking process

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and method developed for embedded devices and mobile platforms that facilitates users to wake up naturally and easily, can be adjusted specifically for the user with the adjustment function, and can improve the waking process by separating the waking phase into more than one time interval and ratio. In particular, the invention relates to a system and method comprising a sleep module that helps users to fall asleep more comfortably and healthily by reducing the volume and screen brightness of the device with the desired time, more than one time, more than one ratio, and a wake-up module that creates a comfortable wake-up process by gradually increasing the alarm volume determined with the desired time, more than one time, more than one ratio.

Description

[0001] DESCRIPTION

[0002] A SYSTEM AND METHOD DEVELOPED FOR EMBEDDED DEVICES AND MOBILE PLATFORMS TO FACILITATE FALLING SLEEP AND IMPROVE THE WAKING PROCESS

[0003] Technical Field

[0004] The invention relates to a system and method developed for embedded devices and mobile platforms that facilitates users to wake up naturally and easily, can be adjusted specifically for the user with the adjustment function, and can improve the waking process by separating the waking phase into more than one time interval and ratio.

[0005] In particular, the invention relates to a system and method comprising a sleep module that helps users to fall asleep more comfortably and healthily by reducing the volume and screen brightness of the device with the desired time, more than one time, more than one ratio, and a wake-up module that creates a comfortable wake-up process by gradually increasing the alarm volume determined with the desired time, more than one time, more than one ratio.

[0006] State of the Art

[0007] Sleep is a necessary process that provides physiological and psychological restoration and has four main periods. These are the first phase (falling asleep), the second phase (the most detailed part of sleep), the third phase (sleep deepens) and the fourth phase (the delta waves emitted by the brain increase even more). Sleep plays an active role in the mind and learning process, rest, growth of children and cell renewal. When the person lies on the bed and puts their head on the pillow, their heartbeat begins to slow down, their body temperature decreases, and they become slightly sleepy. The light sleep phase is followed by deep sleep, which is very important. During deep sleep, the body concentrates on activities such as repairing its tissues, creating new cells, and strengthening the immune system. After the deep sleep phase, the REM (rapid eye movement) phase is started. In this phase, the brain is very active, and dreams are also seen in this phase. The person cannot suddenly transition to the first phase of sleep. In addition, they cannot end their sleep suddenly. There are two other intermediate periods that describe the transition to and from sleep: pre-dormitum and post-dormitum. The period between wakefulness and sleep is called the pre-dormitum period, and the period between sleep and wakefulness is called the post-dormitum period.

[0008] Dormitum periods represent a transition time containing gradients. The pre-dormitum period is completed with the closure of the consciousness and the transition to the 1st stage of sleep by decreasing from the full consciousness level of the person for a proportional period of time. The post-dormitum period is completed with the increase in the closed consciousness of the person during sleep for a proportional period of time.

[0009] In fact, the majority of the interaction process in which sleep, and smart device use can be associated takes place during the dormitum periods. The process in which users interact with audio and visual stimuli such as music, video, etc. through smart devices while falling asleep is related to the pre-dormitum period since it takes place in the pre-sleep period. The process in which users wake up from sleep by interacting with volume and visual stimuli such as an alarm through smart devices and try to adapt to the full waking state is related to the post- dormitum period. Therefore, the focus that should be focused and developed in the regulation of the relationship between smart device users and sleep should not be the 4 main stages of sleep, but in fact these 2 intermediate periods. For this reason, by trying to regulate the interaction of device-induced stimuli that human physiology and nature are not accustomed to, it is necessary to prevent the deterioration of the processes of falling asleep and waking up from sleep and to have a simulation suitable for human nature.

[0010] However, optimizing the relationship between the device and the user during both dormitum periods and constructing a healthy sleep and wake period including device-induced volume and visual stimuli describes the solution of a complex and difficult problem that has not been solved so far, negatively affecting the psychological-physiological health, efficiency, and happiness of the society. In order to solve this problem, when and at what rate the deviceinduced stimuli will be allowed to interact with the person during falling asleep and waking up, which ratio can be used while making this optimization, whether there is a ratio that will work for all people, or whether a single ratio is sufficient for the same user during the same period are some of the existing questions. Assuming that the unknowns about the rates have been resolved, there are other issues such as the duration for which the interaction of device -induced stimuli can be allowed, whether there is a duration that will work for all people, or whether a single duration is sufficient for the same user within the same period.

[0011] In order to optimize the use of the device in the pre-dormitum or pre-dormitum periods, a single rate and a single period that can be applied to the society will be insufficient. Even in the same sleep and waking period, the same person may need more than one different rate and different duration. Moreover, even with the usual differences that may occur when the sleep is experienced by the same person at different times, different days, different seasons, different rate and time definitions and different optimization settings accordingly will be required. For this reason, new developments are needed on the subject.

[0012] A large part of the society has habits such as using smart devices, listening to audiobooks, music or watching video content before falling asleep. Brightness and loudness levels that are not optimized for the needs of users, resulting in impaired sleep processes. For this reason, users have difficulty falling asleep and quantitative inadequacy is experienced in sleep because they sleep less. Or they experience qualitative inadequacy in sleep because they cannot experience deep sleep and REM stages that should occur during the 4 stages of sleep after falling asleep or wake up again due to the severity of video and device -induced stimuli after falling asleep. This whole picture of quantitative and qualitative inadequacy is growing day by day as a chronic problem that deeply affects large sections of society psychologically and physiologically.

[0013] In a study at the University of Hertfordshire, 78% of the 2,149 adults surveyed said they use electronic devices before going to bed at night. In the 18-24 age group, this rate reaches 91%. The lecturer conducting the research, Prof. Richard Wiseman says he finds this data "extremely concerning." The definitive solution to the problem is to avoid stimuli such as smart device-induced video and audio while falling asleep. However, as seen in the recent research, it is understood that this will not be possible, and this problem will grow further.

[0014] If individuals cannot be prevented from using smart devices during the pre-dormitum periods, they have to be provided an innovation that will allow them to manage this process in the healthiest way so that they are not damaged during use. However, there is no existing method that can be used for the management of smart device-induced stimuli by individuals before sleep. During the pre-dormitum period, users' sensitivity to external stimuli will increase as the process of falling asleep progresses. In parallel with this, the severity of external stimuli should be reduced at least at the same rate. In the current art, the person needs to do this manually, or continue without making changes. This creates a dilemma that both options will cause an unhealthy pre-dormitum period.

[0015] The post-dormitum period is a balancing period that takes place after the 4 stages of sleep by nature. Thanks to this period, both the 4 stages of sleep are ended in a healthy way and the transition to wakefulness is completed in a healthy way.

[0016] The post-dormitum waking period that human physiology has experienced and developed since its existence is the format that occurs when the intensity of external stimuli (ambient light and volume) slowly becomes evident, especially in the morning with sunrise. In a study at the Niels Bohr Institute, Danish researchers explored how to identify the transition between sleep and wakefulness, one of the most important state variables in the brain. They discovered that this transition can be described as a qualitative and quantitative change in the dynamic membrane potential model of neurons, and that this transition is facilitated by a change in the concentration of ions in the extracellular environment of the brain. This process, which can also be called the sleep inertia period, represents a gradual transition from sleep to full wakefulness.

[0017] All of the technologies available in smart devices today, which are used by the majority of the population and called alarms, provide waking not within a natural period such as external stimuli that human physiology is accustomed to and slowly increasing proportionally, but by interacting with device-derived stimuli that sample instantaneous high-dose and emergency situations. Therefore, it is seen that today's waking technologies do not provide a natural waking process with a periodic function suitable for our physiology, on the contrary, they have an instant waking function that exemplifies emergency waking.

[0018] A study conducted in the USA also confirms this case. A study revealed that 76% of Americans suddenly wake up with the loud volume of an alarm clock, smartphone, or other electronic device. According to another study conducted in the USA, more than half of people (53.86%) feel bad when they hear the alarm. 27.12% of people feel anxious when the alarm volumes, only 11.24% are energetic, 2.32% are excited, and only 0.32% feel awake. The rest feel either uncomfortable, tired, surrendered, or angry.

[0019] According to another study, more than half of people (53.86%) felt bad when they heard the alarm. 27.12% of people feel anxious when the alarm volumes, only 11.24% are energetic, 2.32% are excited, and only 0.32% feel awake. The rest state that they feel uncomfortable, tired, surrendered, or angry.

[0020] Almost half of Americans (45%) state that they think the best way to improve their waking experience is to completely eliminate the alarm and allow the body clock to wake them up. According to the eighth annual Lemelson-MIT Invention Index survey, 25% of adults in the U.S. state that the alarm is the invention they hate most but cannot live without.

[0021] According to the users, who make up about 60% of the population, they refuse to adapt to this unhealthy wake-up format and use the procrastination function, which is the only function available in today's wake-up technologies, at one or more frequencies in order to convert the instantaneous emergency wake-up format into a natural post-dormitum period. [1]

[0022] In another study, 35.57% of women and 43.39% of men stated that they never pressed the snooze button, while the rest stated that they pressed the snooze button at least once. In the case of chronic procrastination, 6.31% of women and 5.65% of men state that they postpone more than three times.

[0023] For example, a snooze function set to nine minutes converts the wake-up process into a nine- minute period once used, and the period duration increases by nine minutes and multiples as the snooze button pressing process is repeated within the same wake-up process.

[0024] The number of procrastinations varies according to the length of waking period that the person needs. This period length differs according to the lifestyle variables experienced by the same user in the time period and specifically for the user. However, this situation creates an even more problematic and chaotic situation by causing the user to experience the sudden waking process more than once while trying to transform the waking process into a period by avoiding sudden waking. In both actual scenarios experienced by users with or without procrastination, it creates a cause of physiological and psychological stress by preventing the physiological and psychological restoration processes from ending in a healthy way, which leads to permanent and chronic health problems. The fact that this unhealthy condition is experienced not once but throughout the life of the user increases the dimensions of the damage to be caused.

[0025] Another method similar to procrastination is the method of setting multiple alarms to wake up in the morning. Although this method is very similar to the procrastination method, the interim procrastination periods are determined in advance as variables. The fact that the rate of those who are not satisfied with experiencing the morning alarm, those who procrastinate and those who set more than one alarm to wake up is too high in the studies shows that the alarm functions operating in the emergency simulator format for the purpose of sudden wakeup offered by the current wake-up technologies are insufficient.

[0026] In addition, according to research from the National Institute of Industrial Health in Japan, despite the popularity of using an alarm clock, waking up with a jarring volume is dangerous for heart health. Waking up suddenly causes blood pressure and heart rate to rise. In addition to increasing blood pressure, the alarm increases the stress level of people by causing the adrenaline rate to increase.

[0027] Although the effect of the severity of equivalent natural stimuli on the length of the waking period varies from person to person, for example, an individual who needs to wake up within 25 minutes on average with natural external stimuli has to wake up within a few seconds due to unnatural sudden compelling high intensity and frequency stimuli, and a large population of the population has to experience this unhealthy situation every day of their active working life during the working days of the year due to today's life format.

[0028] In addition to the negative effects of setting an alarm and waking up in this way, Lisa Artis, one of the consultants of the Sleep Council, states that you can wake up at the same time every morning when you sleep at almost the same time every night. She explains that sleeping at the same time every night and thus waking up at the same time in the morning strengthens the internal body clock and starts to wake up in accordance with human nature. However, it emphasizes the necessity of setting an alarm if there is a situation that will worry the person about the missed important meeting in case of falling asleep as a result of not setting an alarm. However, since this system is not designed to meet the daily life needs of the modem population, there is a need to use an external technology with a function to wake up.

[0029] Known new generation alarm technologies activate the alarm at that moment by measuring data such as breath, whether the user is in deep sleep or REM process, and predicting the moment when the alarm ends naturally. Based on the fact that these techniques establish working principles by sampling the sleeping centers, it is thought that they do not have sufficient infrastructure to determine the right time for the user to wake up without an equipment, in-house information, and experts in such centers. There is no clear data on how the waking moment is predicted by using these methods, and an installed hour that is not clear when to play can be a cause of stress for the user, and this anxiety can completely reduce the quality of sleep.

[0030] In addition, there are some applications that allow people to monitor their sleep. These applications enable movement to be associated with wakefulness and serenity by measuring the volume and light of the sleeping environment. These applications are more focused on following the sleep and wake process, and their function is not to facilitate the process of falling asleep and waking up. They are usually used to report the sleep process. [2]

[0031] In addition, these applications cannot finalize the waking moment at a determined clear time point due to their functions. For this reason, they cannot produce the solution needed for the lifestyle today. Such applications do not offer a function for the needs of the general population in today's world, as users need to ensure that they wake up at the time they specify in all conditions. Because each individual has different graphical needs in order to wake up without being woken up to prevent sudden waking. Current methods cannot adapt to biological time.

[0032] The utility model application numbered "TR2011 / 04629" in the state of the art relates to the sleep quality improving device. It includes the part of operating the sleep quality increasing device white noise feature, the part of operating the fragrance program, the part of operating the mosquito repellent feature, the part of lighting and alarm delay / stop button, the part of operating the radio / extemal audio input feature, the part of operating the breathing exercises feature, the LCD screen, white noise, radio, innkeeper volume start stop button, white noise, radio frequency forward buton, white noise radio frequency back buton, clock, alarm functions adjustment buton, the case design that will allow volume to come out from the speaker, the volume adjustment and switching wheel, radio, clock, three volume playback at the same time, the processor containing its functions, small LED lamps, the circuit that turns on and off the fragrance chamber, the cover of the compartment where the fragrance cartridges are placed, the fragrance cartridge chamber, the speaker that emits the mosquito repelling volumes, the charged / non-charged batery, the electrical outlet, the chamber containing the external audio input cables, four pen bateries, the charging and electrical power outlet, the external audio input cable, the batery compartment cover, the small cover that can be slidable so that the cables can come out on the batery compartment.

[0033] In the application numbered "WO2017156767A1" in the state of the art, a mobile terminal and a method and apparatus for applying a smart alarm clock are disclosed. In this method, the alarm off command is stopped to turn off the alarm by responding to the alarm off command when the time indicated by the smart alarm clock reaches the preset alarm time. In addition, it is stated that the user is delayed by the default delay time in order to determine whether the user is awake or not. In the process step of receiving an alarm off command to turn off the alarm by responding to the alarm off command, the process steps such as determining the position status of the mobile terminal, deciding whether to turn off the alarm according to the first comparison result of the number of repetitions of the detected position status and the first preset threshold value, and creating the alarm off command with a positive decision are also mentioned.

[0034] In the application numbered "CN105204321A" in the state of the art, a smart alarm clock containing a single-chip microcomputer, an alarm clock connected to the single-chip microcomputer and a desk lamp connected to the single-chip microcomputer through a recorder and a control circuit is disclosed. The single-chip microcomputer operates the control circuit according to the input signal of the alarm clock, and the control circuit is used to control the brightness of the table lamp. According to the smart alarm clock provided by the invention, users can wake up naturally at the determined time thanks to the brightness adjustment and the brightness of the desk lamp can be controlled and adjusted by the singlechip microcomputer. In this way, the biological clock of the user is adjusted while simulating the real sunlight. In the studies conducted on the brightness of the smart device, it is stated that if the brightness and volumes of the smart devices used before falling asleep are not optimized by specifically designing according to the needs of each user, the pre-sleep and sleep processes of the users will be disrupted, and an unhealthy sleep process will be experienced.

[0035] Previous applications have tried to produce solutions by increasing a volume by a certain rate within a certain period of time. However, such programs cannot solve the problem because they do not meet the different time and different rate needs of each user. The brightness and volume intensity levels of smart devices that are not optimized in parallel with the needs and personal preferences of users while awake, resulting in impaired sleep processes. Users who are not exposed to these optimum brightness and volumes have difficulty falling asleep and experience an insufficient sleep time. [3] Because there is no graphical control setup in these systems. This situation causes people who use the traditional method to experience disorder every morning, and the disorder is directly effective with health. [4]

[0036] Among the current applications, there is no function where the user can adjust the alarm time and the speed of the volume. Even if the applications found state that the sudden volume of the alarm provides waking, this does not provide a comfortable waking. In addition, it is seen that couples with different lifestyles experience more sleep disorders if they share the same bed. This can be quite difficult, especially if individuals have distinctly different characters. For this reason, a system is needed to turn off the alarm before the partner wakes up and to ensure that the partner who does not want to wake up is not affected by the alarm volume.

[0037] There is no customizable alarm module, waking module in any of the applications and systems included in the previous art. A new development is needed that allows the user to easily adapt to variations such as days of the week, seasonal effects, and needs that change over time, thanks to customized functions that the user can adjust even better according to their personal needs as they experience their own waking process. Because the sleep prevention threshold (SPT) graph of the severity of external stimuli of each user is different. [5] In the same way, the SPT graphs of the same user may differ for different sleep processes such as weekend, weekday, afternoon sleep or night sleep. The SPT graph consists of a combination of the maximum values that the user can tolerate during the pre-sleep falling asleep interval (SI). Exceeding the SPT point value at any time during SI means that the user is exposed to more of a smart device-induced stimulus than they can tolerate, at which point the falling asleep process may end and the user may exit the SI.

[0038] As can be seen from the above, the chronicity of unhealthy sleep patterns due to the fact that users using smart devices wake up again with device-induced stimuli or cannot go to deep sleep while sleeping, resulting in insufficient sleep quality in large populations. Because there is no optimization technique and method in the current technology for the use of stimuli produced by smart devices by end users before or after sleep.

[0039] As a result, due to the negativities described above and the inadequacy of the current solutions on the subject, there is a need for a waking module that can create a program in a personalized way.

[0040] Brief Description and Objects of the Invention

[0041] The object of the invention is to divide the waking phase into more than one time interval and ratio so that the user can wake up naturally by simulating them.

[0042] Another object of the invention is to interrupt and wake sleep in an unhealthy way in the emergency format and to prevent this unhealthy condition from being experienced for a lifetime. For this purpose, a healthy waking process can be provided in the invention that ensures that the biological clock is equalized as it experiences the targeted waking process and parallelized at this rate.

[0043] Another object of the invention is to enable the user to easily adapt to variations such as days of the week, seasonal effects, and needs that change over time, thanks to customized functions that the user can adjust even better according to their personal needs as they experience their own waking process.

[0044] With the invention, the volume and brightness of the smart device using the invention can be reduced in two stages. In this way, it allows its users to create personalized configurations according to their own sleeping habits. Thanks to the dual-stage brightness reduction function, the user ensures that the brightness decreases with a rate and speed that they determine in the first stage during the period they determine and then resets with a different rate and speed that they choose in the second stage during the period they choose. Thus, according to their own falling asleep habits, it can be ensured that the screen brightness of the device decreases as they prefer during the falling asleep period. In the same way, the dual-stage reduction function applies to the loudness of the device. In the same way, the user constructs the decrease in the volume of the device at different speeds during two different periods that they determine their duration, makes sure that the device volume decreases during the time they fall asleep and eventually resets and experiences a comfortable falling asleep process.

[0045] Comfort and health problems arise in terms of other partners who will wake up later if couples with different work and lifestyle wake up in the same room and have different waking hours. Thanks to the invention, it is ensured that the alarm is turned off before the partner wakes up and the partner who does not want to wake up is not affected by the alarm volume since the ideal wake-up threshold, the person to whom the phone is closer, will hear the volume earlier and pass the wake-up threshold faster.

[0046] Everyone has different graphical needs so that people can wake up without being disturbed. The invention allows the user to wake up without being disturbed by a function that provides multiple-stage graphics. The necessary infrastructures are provided so that people do not experience sleep disruption. As the person experiences the system, they can change the settings according to their wishes and needs and get the most suitable form of waking without being distorted. In this way, it can be helped to adapt the circadian rhythms to the waking rhythms with the idealized waking process.

[0047] Since the said invention can be used in smart devices, it is mobile and thus can be used in any environment. It provides methods and tools to help the user sleep not only in their own home but also in environments such as hotels, cottages, trains, and airplanes.

[0048] With the invention, the user can make sleep plans and wake up plans and get smart suggestions. The person can be operated by using the content that the user chooses completely independently of the content during the falling sleep process.

[0049] Thanks to the method and system developed with the invention, it can be ensured that end users experience a safe level of stimulation during the pre-sleep falling asleep interval (UI) without exceeding the sleep prevention threshold (SPT) graphs of the severity of their own external stimuli specific to themselves and the sleep styles they experience. At the same time, users can determine these graphics, which can be customized specifically for them, by making updates according to their needs and wishes. In this way, it can be ensured that the waking stage and the falling asleep stage can be improved and facilitated.

[0050] With the invention, functionality is provided by dividing the sleep interval determined by the user into more than one sub-interval and reducing it within a different ratio for each subinterval. For this reason, an adjustment function has been developed by managing it with a second ball on the decreasing line in the graph on the interface of a device where the developed method is used. In this way, it is ensured that the duration of two different intervals and the rate of decrease in the intensity of the device can be adjusted practically.

[0051] With the invention, it can also be prevented that the user is exposed to radiofrequency electromagnetic field during sleep. With the method, it can overcome short-term and longterm problems by switching to flight mode during the closure process. It can be ensured that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on the phone's screen can be minimized by disabling all wireless and cellular signals from the phone and the side effects and flight mode of the phone.

[0052] With the invention, the user can record this waking and falling asleep cycle within the method in the developed module and then use it again. In addition, there may be a module in the form of "last used setting" for users who forget to save. In this way, the user can determine and record the most ideal combinations for themselves as they experience different combinations such as ideal total time, first period time, first period increase rate, second period time, second period increase rate.

[0053] Descriptions of the Figures

[0054] Figure 1: Illustration of the falling sleep graph.

[0055] Figure 2: Representation of the falling sleep work flow chart.

[0056] Figure 3 : Illustration of the volume reduction work flow chart.

[0057] Figure 4: Representation of the brightness reduction work flow chart.

[0058] Figure 5: Representation of the shaking time extension work flow chart.

[0059] Figure 6: Representation of the last used recording work flow chart.

[0060] Figure 7: Representation of the graphic brightness work flow chart. Figure 8: Illustration of the graphic volume flow chart.

[0061] Figure 9: Illustration of the waking graph.

[0062] Figure 10: Representation of the alarm work flow chart.

[0063] Figure 11 : Illustration of the disturbing flow chart.

[0064] Figure 12: Representation of the graph and diagram used in the sleep phase. Figure 13: Illustration of the graph and diagram used in the waking phase.

[0065] Element Numbers in the Figures

[0066] In order to better explain the system comprising the waking and falling asleep module developed by the present invention and the related method, the parts and elements in the figures have been numbered and the corresponding numbers are given below:

[0067] 1. Device

[0068] 2. Screen

[0069] 3. Module

[0070] 4. Controller

[0071] 5. Processor

[0072] 6. Database

[0073] Detailed Description of the Invention

[0074] The invention relates to a system and method developed for embedded devices and mobile platforms that facilitates users to wake up naturally and easily, can be adjusted specifically for the user with the adjustment function, and can improve the waking process by separating the waking phase into more than one time interval and ratio. In particular, the invention relates to a system and method comprising a sleep module that helps users to fall asleep more comfortably and healthily by reducing the volume and screen brightness of the device with the desired time, more than one time, more than one ratio, and a wake-up module that creates a comfortable wake-up process by gradually increasing the alarm volume determined with the desired time, more than one time, more than one ratio. The waking and falling asleep system includes a database (6) in which all data entered by the module (3), the processor (5), the controller (4), all data entered by the user and all data developed by the processor (5) in the module (3) are recorded. The user can access the said module (3) from the screen (2) of a device (1). The person can enter the time information they want to wake up on the screen (2) where the module (3) is open and all the information that will increase the sleep and wake up quality of the person. A smartphone or tablet can be used as the device (1).

[0075] Figure 1 shows the falling sleep graph. Here, the total sleep time set by the user corresponds to the time on the x-axis of the graph. The Y-axis shows the volume or brightness level of the device. When the user changes the position of the ball in the y-axis, the brightness or volume of the device (1) changes. When the user changes the position of the middle ball on the device screen (2), they decide how much the volume or brightness will decrease over time. The module (3) developed with the invention uses 2 different slopes while operating the falling sleep graphics. In the graph shown in Figure 1, the first slope is shown as the slope of reducing the volume or brightness from the maximum brightness level to the falling sleep brightness value at the total time-falling sleep time * 60 (seconds of the minute). The second slope is shown as the slope of reducing the volume or brightness from the falling sleep brightness value to the lowest level of the brightness of the device at the time of falling sleep time *60 (seconds of the minute). In this way, the mobile (3) reaches the end of the period. The equations of the above-mentioned slopes carried out by a processor (5) are as follows:

[0076] First slope equation: maximum brightness level-falling sleep brightness / ((total time-falling sleep time) * 60)

[0077] Second slope equation: falling sleep brightness-0 / falling sleep time * 60

[0078] Figure 2 shows the falling sleep work flow chart. This diagram shows the background working diagram of the falling sleep graph shown in Figure 1. As can be seen from Figure 2, the user first operates the module (3) from the device screen (2) and starts the system. Then, the user records this data by entering the total time, sleep time, initial brightness, sleep brightness, initial volume, and sleep volume data on the device screen (2) where the module (3) is open. Then the recording process is controlled by a controller (4) and if the recording is successful, the user starts the time. If no recording has been made or an error is detected by the controller (4), the user is asked to save their data.

[0079] After recording the total time, sleep time, initial brightness, sleep brightness, initial volume and sleep volume data, the module (3) starts time from the moment t=0 and progresses towards the time recorded by the user. If the time here has not been completed, it is checked whether the user shakes the device (1). Because if the user shakes the device (1), the total time is increased by the module (3) as much as the shaking time determined by the user. However, if the time is completed, the total time taken from the user is increased by the module (3) as much as the shaking time determined by the user. If the user has not shaken the device (1), the brightness and volume are reduced by the processor (5). The video or music playing is stopped by the processor (5) in the module (3). The device locks the screen (1) and turns off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GSM. In addition, the module (3) turns on the disturb, night mode or flight mode. In this way, the user can have a healthy sleep.

[0080] In the above-mentioned volume reduction process, first of all, the module (3) is started on the device screen (2), as shown in Figure 3. Then, the module (3) starts time from the moment t=0 and progresses towards the time recorded by the user. If the time has not been completed, whether the volume change is active or not is controlled by the controller (4). However, if the time is completed, the module (3) does not change the volume. At the same time, if the volume change is active, if the timer is greater than the total sleep time entered by the user, the volume is determined by the processor (5) by executing the following equation: volume = startVolume- sleepVolume / ((totalTime- sleepTime) * 60)

[0081] If the timer is less than the total sleep time entered by the user, the volume is determined by the processor (5) by executing the following equation: volume = sleepVolume- 0 / sleepTime * 60

[0082] After adjusting the volumes, the step of the module (3) starting time from the moment t=0 is returned. In the meantime, if the volume change is not active, the module (3) does not allow any volume change.

[0083] Figure 8 shows the graphic volume flow chart. In the graphic volume flow chart, the module (3) is first started by the user on the device screen (2). Then, the user enters the maximum volume value, the volume that determines how the volume will decrease, the total sleep time and the sleep time data that determines how the volume will decrease. If the value that decides how much the volume will decrease over time is greater than the maximum volume, it is equalized to the maximum volume value by the processor (5) in the module (3). If the value that decides how much the volume will decrease over time is less than the maximum volume, whether the maximum volume value changes or not is controlled by the user by the controller

[0084] (4). If the maximum volume value has changed, the value that decides how much the volume will decrease over time is reduced by the processor (5) in the form of a change rate according to the maximum volume and equalized to that value. If the maximum volume value has not changed by the user, the module (3) is terminated by the processor (5).

[0085] In the process of reducing the brightness of the above-mentioned device screen (2), first of all, the module (3) is started on the device screen (2), as shown in Figure 4. Then, the sleep module (3) starts time from the moment t=0 and progresses towards the time recorded by the user. If the time has not been completed, the brightness change activity is controlled by the controller (4). If the brightness change is not active, the module (3) does not change brightness and the return of the module (3) to the moment t=0 is performed by the processor

[0086] (5). If the time is completed, the timer looks at the total sleep time entered by the user. If the timer is greater than the total sleep time entered by the user, the brightness level is adjusted by the processor (5) by executing the following equation: brightness = startBrightness- sleepBrightness / ((totalTime- sleepTime) * 60)

[0087] If the timer is less than the total sleep time entered by the user, the brightness level is adjusted by the processor (5) by executing the following equation: brightness = sleepBrightness- 0 / sleepTime * 60

[0088] After adjusting the brightness of the device screen (2), the step of the module (3) starting time from the moment t=0 is returned. In the meantime, if the brightness mode of the device screen (2) is not active, no brightness change is allowed.

[0089] The user of the module (3) can also be changed the graphic brightness, as shown in the workflow diagram in Figure 7. Here, first of all, the module (3) is opened by the user. Then, the user enters the maximum brightness value on the device screen (2), the brightness level that determines how the brightness will decrease, the total sleep time and the sleep time data that determines how the brightness will decrease. Here, if the value that decides how much the brightness will decrease over time is greater than the maximum brightness value, the maximum brightness value is equalized by the processor (5) in the module (3). If the value that decides how much the brightness will decrease over time is less than the maximum brightness value, it is checked by the user whether the maximum brightness value changes or not. If the value has changed, the value that decides how much the brightness will decrease over time is reduced by the processor (5) in the form of a change rate according to the maximum brightness. If there is no change, the module (3) is terminated.

[0090] As can be seen in Figure 5, the time extension process can also be performed by shaking in the module (3). Here, first of all, the module (3) is started by the user on the device screen (2). Then, the user enters the total time and the total time increase data by shaking. Then, the module (3) starts time from the moment t=0 and progresses towards the time recorded by the user. If any time has not been completed, it is checked whether the user shakes the device (1). If the period has been completed, the process is terminated.

[0091] If the user shakes the device (1), the total time taken from the user is increased by the module (3) until the time determined by the user and the module (3) starts time from the moment t=0. If the user has not shaken the device (1), no change is made in the total sleep time received by the user in the module (3).

[0092] As can be seen from Figure 6, the user can save the changes made in the module (3) to the database (6) in the module (3). For this process, first of all, the module (3) is started, and the user enters the system brightness, volume, unchanged preset, and preset data of the device (1). Then, if the sleep timer is active, it is checked by the user whether the system brightness or volume of the device (1) changes or not. If the system brightness or volume has changed, the changed value is updated by the implementer and saved to the new preset. If the sleep timer is not active, it is checked whether the preset is changed by the user or not. If the preset is changed, the changed value is updated by the module (3) and saved to the new preset. If it is not changed, the module (3) is terminated.

[0093] Figure 1-8 describes the user's falling sleep algorithm. Figure 9 and Figure 10 show the waking algorithm of the user. As can be seen from Figure 9, when the user changes the position of the ball in the y-axis, they can determine the volume at which the alarm volume will be maximum. When the user changes the position of the middle ball, they decide how much the alarm volume will increase over time. The x-axis in the graph corresponds to the time determined by the user. This time determines how many minutes the alarm volume will reach the maximum level. The module (3) uses 2 different slopes while operating the wake-up graphics. The first slope here is the slope showing that the volume increases from the lowest level of the volume of the device to the wake-up volume value at the time of the wake-up volume time * 60 (seconds of the minute). The second slope is the slope of increasing the volume from the wake-up volume value to the maximum volume value at the time of the wake-up volume time * 60 (seconds of the minute). In this way, it is ensured that the alarm volume of the device (1) increases at the slope determined by the user. The following operations are performed by the processor (5) in the module (3):

[0094] 1. Slope equation: instantaneous volume + ((maximum volume-wake-up volume) * 5) / ((total time-wake-up volume time) * 60

[0095] 2. Instantaneous volume + wake-up volume * 5 / (wake-up volume time * 60)

[0096] In the wake-up work scheme given in Figure 10, the user first starts the module (3) through the device (1). After the module (3) is opened, the user enters the volume data that determines the alarm time, how many minutes the music will come to the specified volume, the maximum volume, and how the alarm will increase. If the alarm time set by the user is equal to the current time, the module (3) starts time from the moment t=0 and progresses towards the time recorded by the user. Here, if it is completed for a while, the module (3) volumes the alarm volume. If the time is completed, that is, if the alarm time set by the user is equal to another time, the module (3) does not volume the alarm and the increase of the alarm volume is stopped by the processor (5).

[0097] If the current volume is less than the alarm increase volume, the processor (5) executes the following equation and allows the volume of the device (1) to be increased. volume = volume + ((alarmMaxVolume- alarmVolume) * 5) / ((totalAlarmTime-alarmTime) * 60)

[0098] If the current volume is greater than the alarm increase volume, the processor (5) executes the following equation and allows the volume of the device (1) to be increased. volume = volume + alarmVolume * 5 / (alarmTime * 60)

[0099] In the wake-up phase, with the increase of the volume of the device (1), the processor (5) turns on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GSM. It also turns off the disturb mode, night mode and flight mode.

[0100] In addition to the wake-up and sleep processes, the disturbing mode can be activated with the module (3). The flow chart of the disturbance mode is shown in Figure 11. In the process of disturbing, the user first opens and starts the module (3) on the device screen (2). Then, the user determines the time when the disturbing mode will work from the module (3). If the disturbance mode is active; When the disturbance mode determined by the user will work, if it is less than the current time, it is checked whether there is a call to the device. If the call is received, the incoming call is blocked. If there is no call, it is evaluated whether there is a message on the device. In the event that a message is received by the device, the incoming one is blocked and in the event that no message is received by the device, it is checked whether there is a notification. If the notification has been received, the incoming notification is prevented, if not, the comparison of the time when the disturbing mode determined by the user will work with the current time is performed by the processor (5).

[0101] When the disturbance mode determined by the user will work, if it is greater than or equal to the current time, the module (3) turns off the disturbance mode. If the disturbing mode is not active, the module (3) is terminated.

[0102] The module (3) developed with the invention, which can offer a personalized calendar during waking and falling asleep, can be determined according to the hospitalization time of the people who do not wake up despite the alarm and the biological time at which the person prefers to wake up. The module (3) includes at least one database (6) in which the usage habits of the user related to waking and falling asleep are recorded. As mentioned above, all data entered by the user and all data developed by the processor (5) in the module (3) are recorded in this database (6).

[0103] The user can also choose to start the alarm using the module (3) and on which days the previously recorded alarm time is active. This selection is also recorded in the database (6). Thus, it can be used at any time without the need for the user to adjust it again. The user can also determine the alarm stop time for a short time using the module (3). Thanks to its snooze feature, when it stops the alarm, it can set the alarm to volume again after the desired minute. For example, when 8 is written in the snooze time section on the screen of the module (3), the alarm set by the user starts to volume again after 8 minutes.

[0104] There are also volume tones on the module (3) screen that the user can adjust according to their own request. These volume tones can be increased by sliding the bar at the top of the module (3) screen.

[0105] In Figure 12 and Figure 13, there are graphs in which the user makes their own adjustments. In these graphics, screen brightness and volume can be adjusted. A user who wants their device to turn off slowly before falling asleep can enter the module (3) from the smart device and create commands to reduce both the screen brightness and the volume as they want. The user can determine the total shutdown time, select the initial levels for volume and brightness, and finally adjust the two-step reduction rate and speed of volume and brightness by positioning the circles above the line graphs in the graph for both volume and brightness. For example, it can adjust for a slower decrease in volume and brightness in the initial period and a faster decrease in the period near the end of the period. Thanks to this special function, the user is not exposed to high volume and brightness intensity during the sleep process, and by reducing these stimuli in the two-step ratios they prefer, they interact with the maximum volume and brightness intensity that they can notice by making the optimum settings during the preferred time. Thus, a comfortable sleeping environment can be created by managing the device-induced stimuli at an optimum rate for itself and other creatures in the same environment. In the wake-up section, after selecting the alarm time and volume, the user first determines the total alarm time and the maximum volume to be reached at the end of the time. Then, with the double-stage adjustment system on the line adjustment graph, which is the special function in the module (3), it can practically determine different volume increase rates in the first and second alarm periods. Thanks to this special function, the user is not exposed to high volume intensity from the beginning of the alarm, and by increasing the volume intensity in the 2-step ratios they prefer, they wake up by interacting with the minimum volume intensity they need for the wake-up threshold. Thus, while experiencing a healthy waking process for itself, it prevents other creatures in the same environment from waking up and creates a healthy and comfortable environment that can close before they reach their sleeping thresholds. As can be seen from all these explanations, the invention allows the sleep to be experienced by the same person at different times, different days, different seasons, even with the usual differences that may occur, with different rate and time definitions and different optimization settings accordingly. Because even in the same sleep and waking period, the same person may need more than one different rate and different duration. The invention provides a method in which a person can specifically define the intensity of external stimuli in the device-induced volume and image format while experiencing the pre-dormitum and post-dormitum periods in order to increase and decrease them specifically for their own needs, create one or more increase or decrease rates, and determine one or more specific periods for the application of these rates, accompanied by an easy-to-use graphical interface in the module (3). As can be seen in Figure 1, this interface works with easy-to-use balls moved on a graph. As the person moves the balls, while practically adjusting the time and rate on the graph, it is ensured that the settings they enter are perceived and managed graphically and analytically by themselves. The person can save and use different settings for different lifestyle needs. Thus, optimization is provided both on the basis of setting and on the basis of usage areas.

[0106] With the invention, the pre-dormitum and post-dormitum stages can be customized. In this way, it can be ensured that this process is managed in the healthiest way so that they are not damaged during the use of smart devices. Thanks to the invention, it is ensured that smart device-induced stimuli can be used by individuals before sleep.

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Claims

CLAIMS1. A system that facilitates users to wake up naturally and easily and improves the waking process by dividing the waking phase into multiple time intervals and rates, characterized in that it comprises the following:• Module (3) in which the user can adjust the brightness of the screen (2) of the device (1) and the volume of the device (1) based on his / her own biological clock by logging in through the screen (2), and perform wake-up and / or fall asleep operations by logging in the sleep time, wake-up time, start brightness, sleep brightness, start volume and sleep volume data through the screen (2),• Controller (4) that controls the sleep time, initial brightness, sleep brightness, initial volume and sleep volume data entered by the user according to the current situation,• Processor (5) for adjusting the brightness of the screen (2), the volume of the device (1), the user's wake-up time and the sleep time via a module (3).

2. A system according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a database (6) in which all data entered by the user and all data developed by the processor (5) in the module (3) are recorded.

3. A method of operation of this system according to claim 2, characterized in that the transition to sleep process comprises the following process steps:• The user operates the module (3) on the screen (2) of the device (1),• The user enters and saves total time, sleep time, start brightness, sleep brightness, start volume and sleep volume data on the device screen (2) with the module (3) turned on,• Controller (4) checks the registration process,• The user initiates the alarm clock,• The user changes the brightness and volume of the screen (2) by changing the position of the ball on the screen (2) in the module (3),• A processor (5) stops the playing video and music,• The screen (1) is locked and Wifi, Bluetooth and GSM are switched off by a processor,Turning on do not disturb, night mode or flight mode.

4. A method of operation of the system according to claim 3, characterized in that the process step of checking the records by the controller (4) in the transition to sleep process comprises the process step of asking the user to save their data if no recording has been made or an error has been detected by the controller (4).

5. A method of operation of the system according to claim 3, characterized in that it comprises the process step of checking whether the user shakes the device (1) in the process step of starting the alarm clock in the falling sleep process.

6. A method of operation of the system according to claim 5, characterized in that it comprises the process step of increasing the total time, if the user has shaken the device, by the module (3) by the shaking time set by the user.

7. A method of operation of the system according to claim 5, characterized in that it comprises the process step of reducing brightness and volume by the processor (5) if the user has not shaken the device.

8. A method of operation of the system according to claim 3, characterized in that the process step of the user changing the brightness and volume of the screen (2) by changing the position of the ball via the screen (2) on the module (3) comprises the following process steps;• The processor (5) in module (3) starts the time from t=0 and proceeds towards the recorded time,• A controller (4) checks whether the volume change is active,• Adjusting the volume if volume change is active.

9. A method of operation of the system according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises the process step of executing the following equation by the processor (5) if the total sleep time entered by the user is greater in the process step of changing the volume if the volume change is active. volume = startVolume- sleepVolume / ((totalTime- sleepTime) * 60)10. A method of operation of the system according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises the process step of executing the following equation by the processor (5) if the total sleep time entered by the user is less in the process step of changing the volume if the volume change is active. volume = sleepVolume- 0 / sleepTime * 6011. A method of operation of the system according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises the following step: if the volume change is active, in the process step of changing the volume, the user enters the maximum volume value into the module (3), the volume that determines how the volume will decrease, the total sleep time and the sleep time data that determines how the volume will decrease.

12. A method of operation of the system according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises the process step of equalizing the volume to the maximum volume value by the processor (5) in the module (3) if the value determining how much the volume will decrease depending on time is greater than the maximum volume.

13. A method of operation of the system according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises the step of the controller (4) controlling whether the maximum volume value is changed by the user if the value determining how much the volume decreases with respect to time is less than the maximum volume.

14. A method of operation of the system according to claim 13, characterized in that it comprises the process step of reducing the value determining how much the volume will decrease over time, in the form of the rate of change with respect to the maximum volume, by the processor (5) and equalizing it to that value if the maximum volume value has changed.

15. A method of operation of the system according to claim 3, characterized in that the process step of the user changing the brightness and volume of the screen (2) by changing the position of the ball on the screen (2) on the module (3) comprises the following process steps;• The processor (5) in module (3) starts the time from t=0 and proceeds towards the recorded time,• The brightness change is controlled by the controller (4),• Adjusting the brightness level if brightness change is active16. A method of operation of the system according to claim 15, characterized in that it comprises the process step of executing the following equation by the processor (5) and adjusting the brightness level if the timer is greater than the total sleep time entered by the user. brightness = startBrightness- sleepBrightness / ((totalTime- sleepTime) * 60)17. A method of operation of the system according to claim 15, characterized in that it comprises the process step of adjusting the brightness level by executing the following equation by the processor (5) if the timer is less than the total sleep time entered by the user. brightness = sleepBrightness- 0 / sleepTime * 6018. A method of operation of this system according to claim 2, characterized in that the waking process comprises the following steps:• The user operates the module (3) on the screen (2) of the device (1),• The user enters the alarm timing, the number of minutes it takes for the music to reach the set volume, the maximum volume, and the volume data determining when the alarm will increase,• The processor (5) turns on Wi-fi, Bluetooth and GSM when the device (1) volumes louder,• Turning on do not disturb mode, night mode and flight mode.

19. The method of operation of this system according to claim 18, characterized in that the process step of the user entering the alarm time, the number of minutes it will take for the music to reach the specified volume, the maximum volume, the volume level determining when the alarm will increase comprises the process step of the module (3)starting the time from t=0 and proceeding towards the time recorded by the user if the alarm time set by the user is equal to the current time20. The method of operation of this system according to claim 18, characterized in that the process step of the user entering the alarm time, the number of minutes it will take for the music to reach the specified volume, the maximum volume, the volume level determining when the alarm will increase comprises the process step of playing the alarm in the module (3) if the alarm time set by the user is equal to another time.

21. A method of operation of this system according to claim 20, characterized in that it comprises the process step of the processor (5) executing the following equation and increasing the volume of the device (1) if the current volume is less than the alarm increase volume. volume = volume + ((alarmMaxVolume- alarmVolume) * 5) / ((totalAlarmTime- alarmTime) * 60)22. A method of operation of this system according to claim 20, characterized in that it comprises the process step of the processor (5) executing the following equation and increasing the volume of the device (1) if the current volume is greater than the alarm increase volume. volume = volume + alarmVolume * 5 / (alarmTime * 60)

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