SLEEP DISTURBANCE MONITORING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus for monitoring a sleep disturbance of a person, the sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus comprising:
- an ambient sensor for generating an ambient signal, the ambient signal being indicative of a property of the environment of the person,an ambience disturbance profile providing unit for providing an ambience disturbance profile, the ambience disturbance profile describing which levels and/or changes of an ambient signal are related to disturbed sleep,a sleep sensor for generating a sleep signal over time, while the person is sleeping, the sleep signal being indicative of the quality of the sleep of the person over time,a correlation unit for correlating the ambient signal and the sleep signal,an ambience disturbance profile amending unit for amending the ambience disturbance profile depending on the correlation,an environmental disturbance determination unit for determining an environmental disturbance factor, which disturbs the sleep, based on a comparison of a generated ambient signal with the ambience disturbance profile,an output unit for outputting information regarding the determined environmental disturbance factor to the person.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus (1) for monitoring a sleep disturbance of a person. An ambience disturbance profile, which describes which levels and/or changes of an ambient signal, which is, for example, a temperature signal or a noise signal, are related to disturbed sleep, is amended depending on a correlation between the ambience signal and a sleep signal which is indicative of the quality of the sleep of the person. After the ambience disturbance profile has been amended, an environmental disturbance factor, which disturbs the sleep, is determined based on a comparison of an actual ambient signal with the amended ambience disturbance profile, wherein information regarding the determined environmental disturbance factor is output to the person on an output unit. This allows providing personalized information regarding environmental sleep disturbance factors, i.e. the information considers the individual susceptibility of a person for environmental disturbances during sleep.
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10 Claims
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1. A sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus for monitoring a sleep disturbance of a person, the sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus comprising:
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an ambient sensor for generating an ambient signal, the ambient signal being indicative of a property of the environment of the person, an ambience disturbance profile providing unit for providing an ambience disturbance profile, the ambience disturbance profile describing which levels and/or changes of an ambient signal are related to disturbed sleep, a sleep sensor for generating a sleep signal over time, while the person is sleeping, the sleep signal being indicative of the quality of the sleep of the person over time, a correlation unit for correlating the ambient signal and the sleep signal, an ambience disturbance profile amending unit for amending the ambience disturbance profile depending on the correlation, an environmental disturbance determination unit for determining an environmental disturbance factor, which disturbs the sleep, based on a comparison of a generated ambient signal with the ambience disturbance profile, an output unit for outputting information regarding the determined environmental disturbance factor to the person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A sleep disturbance monitoring method for monitoring a sleep disturbance of a person, the sleep disturbance monitoring method comprising:
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generating an ambient signal over time, the ambient signal being indicative of a property of the environment of the person, generating a sleep signal over time, while the person is sleeping, the sleep signal being indicative of the quality of the sleep of the person over time, correlating the ambient signal and the sleep signal, providing an ambience disturbance profile, the ambience disturbance profile describing which levels and/or changes of an ambient signal are related to disturbed sleep, amending the ambience disturbance profile depending on the correlation, generating an ambient signal and determining an environmental disturbance factor, which disturbs the sleep, based on a comparison of the generated ambient signal with the ambience disturbance profile, outputting information regarding the determined environmental disturbance factor to the person.
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10. A sleep disturbance monitoring computer program for monitoring a sleep disturbance of a person, the computer program comprising program code causing a sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus to carry out the steps of a sleep disturbance monitoring method, when the computer program is run on a computer controlling the sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus, wherein the sleep disturbance monitoring method comprises:
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generating an ambient signal over time, the ambient signal being indicative of a property of the environment of the person, generating a sleep signal over time, while the person is sleeping, the sleep signal being indicative of the quality of the sleep of the person over time, correlating the ambient signal and the sleep signal, providing an ambience disturbance profile, the ambience disturbance profile describing which levels and/or changes of an ambient signal are related to disturbed sleep, amending the ambience disturbance profile depending on the correlation, generating an ambient signal and determining an environmental disturbance factor, which disturbs the sleep, based on a comparison of the generated ambient signal with the ambience disturbance profile, and outputting information regarding the determined environmental disturbance factor to the person.
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