Sleep Wake-Up Window Control Using Light Sleep Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Poor sleep quality and insomnia affect a significant portion of the adult population, leading to health issues, accidents, and decreased productivity, with existing solutions failing to provide comprehensive sleep management and improvement.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for sleep management that includes monitoring sleep patterns, adjusting environmental conditions, providing personalized recommendations, and using sound cues to assist in relaxation and wake-up times, while integrating with smartphones for data processing and expert advice.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If comprehensive sleep monitoring and management systems are implemented, then sleep quality and efficiency are improved, but device complexity and system resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The sleep management system is divided into multiple independent modules: sleep stage detection module, environmental condition adjustment module, sound cue generation module, and recommendation generation module. Each module performs a specific function and can operate independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive sleep management capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system integrates multiple functions into a single comprehensive platform that includes monitoring, environmental control, audio output, and advisory services. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate devices, managing complexity through integration rather than proliferation of components.
2Measurement precision
If multiple sleep parameters and environmental factors are monitored simultaneously, then measurement precision and comprehensiveness are improved, but device complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple monitoring functions including sleep stage detection, environmental sensing, and physiological parameter tracking are merged into a unified monitoring framework. The system combines data from various sources (movement sensors, environmental sensors, audio cues) and processes them through integrated algorithms to determine sleep stages, achieving comprehensive measurement without requiring completely separate systems for each parameter.
3Productivity
If personalized recommendations and expert advice are provided, then sleep improvement effectiveness is enhanced, but information processing and communication requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where sleep data is collected, analyzed, and used to generate personalized recommendations. The system monitors user responses to interventions (such as sound cues or environmental adjustments) and adapts future recommendations based on this feedback, improving effectiveness while managing information processing through iterative refinement rather than exhaustive analysis.
4Loss of time
If sound cues and environmental adjustments are used to promote relaxation, then sleep onset time is reduced, but energy consumption and device operation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
Sound cues and environmental adjustments are applied periodically rather than continuously. The system uses timed intervals for playing relaxation sounds, adjusting environmental conditions at specific phases of the sleep attempt, and providing advice at strategic moments. This periodic operation reduces energy consumption compared to continuous operation while still achieving effective sleep onset promotion through strategically timed interventions.
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AI summary
The present invention discloses an apparatus to promote sleep of a user comprising: an alarm device to generate an alarm to wake user, and a processor configured to: prompt a user to input a wake-up time and a wake-up time window, the wake-up time window ending with the wake-up time; receive signals from a motion sensor, the signals being indicative of motion of the user; detect sleep information with an analysis of a breathing rate in the received signals indicative of motion; and trigger activation of the alarm device as a function of the sleep information and a function of the wake-up window and the wake-up time, wherein the function of the sleep information and the function of the wake-up window and the wake-up time comprise detecting the user being in a light sleep stage during the wake-up window.