Intelligent Alarm Notification System for Sleep Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional alarm systems fail to effectively notify a single user while minimizing disturbance to nearby users, as they do not account for the sleeping attributes of individuals in close proximity, leading to inefficient and disruptive notifications.
Innovation Solution
A system that determines sleep characteristic information for multiple users using sensors and processes this data to adjust alarm notification parameters, such as timing and direction, to ensure the alarm is directed to the intended user while minimizing disturbance to others.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If alarm systems use sensors to adjust notification for a user, then the alarm notification efficiency is improved, but nearby users are disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the notification space by determining directional information to identify the location of the target user relative to the alarm device. It then segments the acoustic field by directing the notification towards the target user's direction while minimizing sound propagation towards nearby users, effectively dividing the space into target and non-target zones.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies local quality by adjusting notification parameters (such as sound direction and intensity) specifically for the target user's location while maintaining different characteristics for other areas. The directional notification ensures that the alarm properties are optimized for the intended recipient without uniformly affecting the entire surrounding environment.
2Area of stationary object
If alarm systems notify all users in vicinity, then coverage is improved, but intended user cannot be specifically targeted
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs dynamic adjustment of notification parameters based on real-time sensor information about user presence and characteristics. By continuously monitoring and adapting to the current environment, the system can dynamically target the intended user while maintaining appropriate coverage, transitioning between different notification strategies based on detected conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses sensor information as feedback to determine user characteristics and location, then adjusts notification parameters accordingly. This feedback loop enables the system to identify the intended user accurately and modify the alarm delivery to specifically reach that user while avoiding unnecessary disturbance to others in the vicinity.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for providing alarm notification to the intended user while minimizing disturbance to the nearby users. The approach involves determining sensor information associated with at least one first user and at least one second user collected while the at least one first user and the at least one second user are asleep. The approach also involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the sensor information to determine sleep characteristic information for the at least one first user, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves determining one or more alarm notification parameters for one or more alarm notifications based, at least in part, on the sleep characteristic information to direct the one or more alarm notifications to the at least one first user while minimizing a disturbance of the at least one second user.