447 results about "Sleep period" patented technology

A method and system for efficiently managing power consumption in a mobile device controls power consumption with an adjustable sleep period or listening interval that may be user-specified and automatically tuned based on recent detected usage. With an adjustable sleep period, a receiver conserves power by leaving a sleep mode only at predefined and adjustable periods, which may be selected by the user to balance connectivity and power saving and which may be automatically incremented when the device activity is low.

A sleep efficiency monitor and methods for pacing and leading a sleeper through an optimal sleep pattern. Embodiments of the present invention include a physiological characteristic monitor for monitoring the sleep stages of a sleeper, a sensory stimulus generator for generating stimulus to affect the sleep stages of a sleeper, and a processor for determining what sleep stage the sleeper is in and what sensory stimulus is needed to cause the sleeper to move to another sleep stage. A personalized sleep profile may also be established for the sleeper and sleep guided in accordance with the profile parameters to optimize a sleep session. By providing sensory stimulus to a sleeper, the sleeper may be guided through the various sleep stages in an optimal pattern so that the sleeper awakens refreshed even if sleep is disrupted during the night or the sleeper's allotted sleep period is different than usual. Embodiments of the invention also involve calibration of the sleep guidance system to a particular sleeper.

Systems and methods provide for gathering of patient related data during non-sleep periods and modulating a therapy delivered to the patient during sleep using the gathered data. Data associated with a patient is gathered while the patient is awake. A therapy delivered to the patient during patient sleep is adjusted using the acquired data. The therapy delivered to the patient may include one or more of a respiratory therapy, such as a positive airway pressure (xPAP) therapy, a sleep disordered breathing therapy, a cardiac rhythm management therapy, such as a cardiac overdrive pacing therapy, a medication therapy, or a drug delivery therapy. The therapy delivered to the patient may be optimized using the acquired data.

A method of determining sleep stages from signals of electrical activity recorded of a chest of a sleeping subject, the signals being measured over a plurality of epochs. The method comprising: (a) extracting a series of cardiac R-R intervals from the signals and obtaining a time-frequency decomposition from the series of cardiac R-R intervals; (b) using the time-frequency decomposition to determine at least one Slow-Wave-Sleep (SWS) period and at least one Non-SWS (NSWS) period; (c) from the at least one NSWS period, determining at least one sleep-onset (SO) period and a plurality of non-sleep periods; (d) extracting a plurality of electromyogram (EMG) parameters from a portion of the signals, the portion corresponds to a NSWS period other than the at least one SO period and other than the plurality of non-sleep period; (e) using the plurality of EMG parameters to determine at least one REM period thereby also to obtain also at least one light-sleep (LS) period defined as a NSWS period other than the SO periods, other than the non-sleep periods and other than the REM periods; thereby determining the sleep stages of the sleeping subject.

A plural-data transmission Start message is transmitted prior to transmission of plural data to an intermittent operation type wireless communications terminal, and when transmission of plural data is completed, a plural-data transmission End message is transmitted. The terminal which received the plural-data transmission Start message can change over the sleep period of the aforesaid intermittent operation to a shorter sleep period. Thereby, an improvement in the response performance in the case of plural-data delivery can be simultaneously obtained while maintaining the low power performance of a sensor node.

Described herein are therapeutic methods using progesterone and progesterone analogs to improve sleep quality. The methods may be particularly useful to treat subject with perturbed sleep patterns, such as subjects who suffer from mid-sleep period awakenings.

The invention discloses a sleep period separating method and system. The method is applied to a sleep period separating system. The system comprises a first measuring electrode, a second measuring electrode, a first reference electrode, a second reference electrode, an amplification collector and a period separating device. The first measuring electrode is used for being placed on the left side of the forehead or the temporal hair-free region on the left side of a testee, the second measuring electrode is used for being placed on the right side of the forehead or the temporal hair-free region on the right side of the testee, the first reference electrode is used for being placed on the periphery of the left ear of the testee, and the second reference electrode is used for being placed on the periphery of the right ear of the testee. The method comprises the steps that the first measuring electrode and the second measuring electrode are utilized for collecting electroencephalogram signals and electro-oculogram signals of the testee, the signal amplification collector is used for amplifying the electroencephalogram signals and the electro-oculogram signals and carrying out analog-digital conversion on the amplified signals. The period separating device determines the separated sleep periods according to the analog-digital converted electroencephalogram signals and electro-oculogram signals.

A sleep support system for comfortably supporting a user during sleep. More particularly, a sleep support system for face-down sleep in essentially a sitting position. The system is adapted for use with equipment and fixtures commonly found in patient recovery rooms, such as hospital beds and over-bed tables. The system provides comfortable head and arm support with a plurality of user-selectable positional adjustments. The system is foldable and portable. The system may be adapted for use with a wheelchair.

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink data by a terminal performing a DRX operation in a mobile telecommunication system. According to the method and apparatus, when a UE transmits the uplink data, the UE variably controls given active and sleep periods in consideration of whether or not retransmission for the uplink data is performed, thereby more flexibly operating in the DRX mode.

An information access system comprises a reader/writer for continually transmitting an ID request signal at a first frequency and being continuously ready to receive an RF signal at a second frequency, and an active contactless information storage device having a receiver for sensing a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency, and a transmitter for transmitting a response signal at the second frequency when the ID request signal is received. When the receiver senses a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency in a particular predetermined period, the receiver receives further the ID request signal, and, in response to the ID request signal, the transmitter transmits a response signal at the second frequency carrying an ID of the storage device stored. In the carrier sensing, the controller causes the receiver to be in an active state and the transmitter to be in an inactive state in the predetermined periods. When the receiver attempts to sense a carrier of the RF signal at the first frequency in a particular predetermined period but detects no carrier, the controller controls the receiver and the transmitter to maintain the inactive state during a sleep period between the particular predetermined period and the subsequent predetermined period.

Method and apparatus for conserving energy in a battery powered tag which comprises a battery, one or more sensors, and a transmitter. The tag may be used in a pneumatic tire monitoring system which senses and transmits tire pressure and temperature readings. The method fundamentally comprises: hibernating between transmissions by the transmitter; and reading at least one of the sensors after each of a plurality of sleep periods while hibernating. A hibernation period may be ended if one of the sensor readings, preferably tire temperature, is very low, and at least one of a plurality of qualification criteria is met.

Method for recovering frame timing of a mobile communication device performing a sleep mode. The mobile communication device communicates with a base station through a communication system so that wireless signals are transmitted via frames. The method includes executing a synchronous task for interrupting currently loaded control processes in a real-time operating system and for calculating a predetermined sleep period for the sleep mode, executing the synchronous task for driving the mobile communication device to enter the sleep mode during an actual sleep period, and executing the synchronous task for synchronizing frame timing of the mobile communication with frame timing of the base station according to the actual sleep period.

A method for treating snoring, sleep apnoea and other forms of sleep disordered breathing comprises administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of topiramate over an appropriate period of time, such as a period substantially coniciding with the sleep period of a patient. A useful route of administration is per os. Also disclosed is the use of topiramate for the diagnosis of snoring, sleep apnoea and other forms of sleep disordered breathing.

In a power saving operation management method in a mobile communication system, a base station receives a sleep mode entering request message from a mobile station desiring to enter the sleep mode, determines a sleep period type and a parameter by analyzing a combination of radio channels between the mobile station and the base station, and transmits a sleep mode entering response message including the sleep period type and the parameter.

The invention discloses a system and a method of a mobile phone clock for automatically waking up a user based on a sleep depth period. The method includes that A, a body motion state of the user at current is detected through a body movement detector, and a detection signal is produced and sent to a central processing unit (CPU); B, the detection signal is sent to a sleep period microprocessor by the CPU, judgment for a sleep state of the user at current is carried out by the sleep period microprocessor through the detection signal, and a judgment result is obtained; C, a control command is produced by the sleep period microprocessor according to the judgment result, and a switcher is controlled by a controller to be in a clock mode matched with a sleep mode at current; and D, and the CPU controls a clock wake-up module to remind the user before a preset clock time according to the sleep mode of the user at current and the clock mode. Compared with the prior art, the system and the method greatly guarantee time and the state of deep sleep of the user, are scientized and humanized, can naturally wake up the user in a sleep state, and enable the user to feel relaxed and full of energy and to be in good mood.

A wireless communication device and a controlling method thereof. The wireless communication device performing wireless communication includes a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data externally, and a controller for processing the data received from the transceiver, the wireless communication device operating as a slave that is connected to a master, the controller receiving a polling data addressed to the device from a master through the transceiver, and temporarily stopping the operation of the transceiver during a sleep period which is determined according to the number of other slaves connected to the master. Since the wireless communication device operated as an active slave can stop its data transmission/reception during a communication standby period, i.e., until the beginning of the next polling slot, the power consumption can be considerably reduced without affecting the communication itself.