SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SLEEP RECOMMENDATIONS

• US 20150116117A1
• Filed: 01/03/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Logitech Europe S A (Logitech International SA)
• Original Assignee: Jaybird LLC (Logitech Europe S.A)
• Inventors: WISBEY, BEN, SHEPHERD, DAVID, DIESTERBECK, HAGEN
• Application Number:
  US14/147,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20150116117A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/575
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B

Abstract

A system for providing a sleep recommendation includes an apparatus for providing a sleep recommendation. The apparatus includes a preferred sleep determination module that determines a preferred sleep duration. The apparatus also includes a sleep debt module that creates and updates a sleep debt based on the preferred sleep duration and an actual sleep duration. In addition, the apparatus includes a sleep recommendation module that provides a recommended sleep duration based on the sleep debt.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing a sleep recommendation, comprising:

a preferred sleep determination module that determines a preferred sleep duration;

a sleep debt module that creates and updates a sleep debt based on the preferred sleep duration and an actual sleep duration; and

a sleep recommendation module that provides a recommended sleep duration based on the sleep debt.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the preferred sleep duration is based on a set of best sleep durations for a user.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the set of best sleep durations is based on a set of the actual sleep durations.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a sleep reminder module that provides a sleep reminder based on the sleep debt.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the sleep reminder module provides the sleep reminder when the sleep debt exceeds a sleep debt threshold.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the sleep reminder comprises a notification delivered to an electronic device.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the sleep reminder module provides the sleep reminder before a preferred bed time.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the preferred sleep duration is based on a needed sleep duration provided by a user.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an actual sleep determination module that determines the actual sleep duration using an accelerometer.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the preferred sleep determination module, the sleep debt module, and the sleep recommendation module is embodied in a wearable sensor.

11. A method for providing a sleep recommendation, comprising:

determining a preferred sleep duration;

creating and updating a sleep debt based on the preferred sleep duration and an actual sleep duration; and

providing a recommended sleep duration based on the sleep debt.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the preferred sleep duration is based on a set of best sleep durations for a user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the set of best sleep durations is based on a set of the actual sleep determinations.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing a sleep reminder based on the sleep debt.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein providing the sleep reminder occurs in response to the sleep debt exceeding a sleep debt threshold.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the sleep reminder comprises a notification delivered to an electronic device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein providing the sleep reminder occurs before a preferred bed time.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the actual sleep duration is determined using an accelerometer.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein at least one of the operations of determining the preferred sleep duration, creating and updating the sleep debt, and providing the recommended sleep duration comprises using a sensor configured to be attached to the body of a user.

20. A system for providing a sleep recommendation, comprising:

a processor; and

at least one computer program residing on the processor;

wherein the computer program is stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable program code embodied thereon, the computer executable program code configured to;

determine a preferred sleep duration;

create and update a sleep debt based on the preferred sleep duration and an actual sleep duration; and

provide a recommended sleep duration based on the sleep debt.