Sleep Management Device Adaptive Wake Routine Modulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current sleep management devices lack the ability to effectively regulate sleep quality and wake users at optimal times, especially in environments like ships at sea or for travelers experiencing jet lag, and fail to address undesirable sleep conditions such as harmful sleeping positions or external wake events.
Innovation Solution
A sleep management device equipped with visible displays, audio output devices, haptic feedback, and sensors to monitor user conditions, which executes sleep induction and wake routines, detects undesirable sleep conditions, and provides corrective sensory outputs to modify user sleep, using a processor circuit to modulate visual and sound outputs based on user feedback and ambient stimuli.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sleep management devices provide basic alarm functions, then users can be woken at scheduled times, but the devices fail to detect and respond to undesirable sleep conditions or external wake events
Solution Approach 1:
The sleep management device integrates multiple functions including alarm clock, sleep condition monitoring, environmental sensing, and adaptive routine execution. The processor circuit is configured to detect various wake events (scheduled alarms, external sounds, motion events) and execute appropriate wake routines, making the device versatile enough to handle diverse sleep management scenarios while maintaining reliable sleep regulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates sensors that continuously monitor sleep conditions and provide feedback to the processor circuit. This feedback mechanism enables the device to detect undesirable sleep conditions (such as harmful sleeping positions detected by motion sensors) and external wake events (sounds detected by microphones), allowing the system to adaptively adjust wake routines based on real-time conditions rather than operating in isolation.
2Ease of operation
If sleep management devices use fixed wake routines, then implementation is simple, but the devices cannot adapt to different wake events or user conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The sleep management device employs dynamic wake routines that can be selectively executed based on the type of wake event detected. The processor circuit is configured to differentiate between scheduled alarm events, external sound events, and motion-based wake events, then select and execute appropriate routines from a set of predefined routines. This dynamic selection mechanism maintains operational simplicity while enabling adaptive response to various conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The device changes operational parameters (such as light intensity, sound volume, duration of wake routines) based on the detected wake event type and user sleep conditions. The processor circuit adjusts these parameters dynamically to optimize wake effectiveness while maintaining ease of operation through automated parameter selection rather than manual configuration.
3Reliability
If sleep management devices monitor multiple user conditions, then sleep quality can be optimized, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sleep management device integrates multiple sensing capabilities (motion sensors, microphones, light sensors) and processing functions within a single unified system. The processor circuit is configured to handle multiple sensor inputs and coordinate various output devices (displays, speakers, haptic feedback) through a centralized control architecture, achieving reliable sleep quality optimization without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The device combines multiple functional components (sensors, processors, output devices) into an integrated wearable unit that rests on the user's head. By merging these components into a single cohesive system rather than separate devices, the patent achieves comprehensive sleep monitoring and control while managing device complexity through integration and unified control logic.
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AI summary
Various examples are directed to sleep management devices and methods of operating the same. A sleep management device may comprise a display. The sleep management device may be programmed to detect a first wake event and select a first wake routine associated with the first wake event. The sleep management device may execute the first wake routine at least in part by modulating an output of the display for a first duration. The sleep management device may also detect a second wake event different than the first wake event and second wake routine associated with the second wake event. The sleep management device may execute the second wake routine at least in part by modulating the output of the display for a second duration longer than the first duration.