Sleep Pattern Input Screen for Accurate Health Data Recording

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in accurately recording and providing sleeping information, such as sleep time and wake-up time, which is essential for health assessment, due to the burden of daily recording and the need for precise data.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device is designed to display a sleep information input screen based on a prestored sleep pattern, detect user input, and store the sleep information, allowing for easy and accurate recording of sleep data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users manually record sleeping time and wake-up time every day, then sleeping records can be provided, but users face burden and difficulty in providing accurate records

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of sleeping recordVSAvoidburden of daily recording
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-stores multiple sleep patterns (e.g., weekday pattern, weekend pattern) with typical sleep times and wake-up times. When a user selects a pattern, the corresponding sleep information is automatically populated, eliminating the need for manual entry and reducing burden while maintaining accuracy through pre-validated patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The electronic device automatically detects and records sleep information based on selected patterns without requiring active user input for each recording. The system serves itself by automatically populating sleep records from stored patterns, reducing manual effort while ensuring consistent and accurate data collection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If simple recording methods are used, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision and reliability of sleeping records deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesimplicity of recording processVSAvoidreliability of sleeping record
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Sleep patterns are pre-configured with reliable and accurate sleep time data before use. By preparing multiple validated patterns in advance, the system ensures that simple user selection (high ease of operation) leads to accurate and reliable recordkeeping, as the preprocessing work has already been done.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system allows users to select from multiple pre-defined sleep patterns, each representing different parameter sets (weekday, weekend, holiday patterns). This enables simple operation through pattern selection while maintaining reliability by choosing from pre-validated parameter configurations that reflect realistic sleep behaviors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10564816B2Electronic device for inputting sleeping information and method of controlling the same
Publication Date: 2020.02.18 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method comprising: displaying, by an electronic device, a sleep information input screen determined according to a prestored sleep pattern; detecting an input of sleep information to the sleep information input screen; and storing the sleep information in a memory of the electronic device.