Circular Sleep Display Visualizing Internal Clock Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sleep measurement devices do not effectively motivate improvements in sleep habits by failing to visualize the internal sleep clock and provide ongoing motivation for better sleep quality.
Innovation Solution
A sleep display program that visualizes sleep state data, including wakeup and bedtime records, on a 24-hour circular time display, allowing users to input subjective sleep quality and displaying recommended bedtime and wake-up times, thereby encouraging better sleep habits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sleep measurement devices only measure and record sleep data, then measurement function is achieved, but motivation for improving sleep habits is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying sleep data on a 24-hour circular clock image, showing the relationship between sleep timing and internal clock rhythm. This feedback mechanism helps users understand how their sleep patterns align with their biological clock, thereby motivating them to improve sleep habits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color-coded displays on the circular clock image to represent different sleep states and their alignment with the internal clock. Different colors indicate the degree of match between actual sleep timing and optimal timing based on circadian rhythm, providing intuitive visual motivation for improvement.
2Measurement precision
If detailed sleep data is collected, then measurement precision is improved, but ease of understanding sleep patterns deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms one-dimensional linear time data into a two-dimensional circular clock display. This dimensional transformation allows users to visually perceive sleep patterns in relation to the 24-hour circadian cycle, making complex temporal data more intuitive and easier to understand while preserving measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
By using a circular clock face instead of a linear timeline, the system represents the cyclical nature of circadian rhythms more naturally. The curved circular format helps users visualize the continuous, repeating pattern of sleep-wake cycles and their alignment with internal clock timing throughout the day.
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AI summary
Provided is a sleep display program, a sleep display method, and a sleep display device for visualizing an internal clock regarding sleep. The sleep display program is a program for displaying, in a display unit, sleep state data of a user that has been measured and recorded by a sleep evaluation device, the data including at least a wakeup time TW and a bedtime TZ, and the program including a step of obtaining the data from the sleep evaluation device, a step of displaying, in the display unit, a 24-hour circular time display image divided into time periods that each indicate a predetermined span of time, and a step of plotting, on the time periods in the time display image, a set number of days' worth of records of the wakeup times TW and the bedtimes TZ included in the data.