SleepSmart
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring an individual'"'"'s sleep quality comprising:
- one or more layers of arrays of integrated sensors, embedded in a layer pad and said layer pad is laid between a mattress and said individual, wherein said arrays of integrated sensors are distributed with a low spatial resolution and wherein each of said integrated sensors in said layer pad provide different type of data;
one or more controllers coupled with said layers of arrays of integrated sensors for the purpose of acquiring said data from said sensors; and
a real-time analysis software for analyzing said data acquired by said controller, wherein said analysis software transforms said data collected by said controller from time domain to event domain using wavelet transformations, frequency domain using wavelet transformations, or event and frequency domain using wavelet transformations.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring sleep quality that utilizes sensors incorporated in a sheet which is laid on top of a conventional mattress on which the subject sleeps. The sensors can collect information such as the subject'"'"'s position, temperature, sound/vibration/movement, and optionally other physical properties. The apparatus for monitoring an individual'"'"'s sleep quality is comprised of one or more layers of arrays of integrated sensors, which can be incorporated in layer pads, which is then placed on a conventional mattress; one or more controllers coupled with the arrays of integrated sensors in each layer pad for the purpose of acquiring data from the sensors; a real-time analysis software for analyzing data acquired by the controller from the array of integrated sensors; an interface software for collecting user lifestyle data; a lifestyle correlation software for correlating the lifestyle data with the data acquired by said array of sensors; one or more active components to improve sleep quality based on the data acquired through the sensors and the lifestyle data. The array of sensors provide one or more of the following data: position, temperature, sound, vibration, and movement data. Each layer pad can be individually removed or added as necessary depending on the data being collected.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring an individual'"'"'s sleep quality comprising:
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one or more layers of arrays of integrated sensors, embedded in a layer pad and said layer pad is laid between a mattress and said individual, wherein said arrays of integrated sensors are distributed with a low spatial resolution and wherein each of said integrated sensors in said layer pad provide different type of data;
one or more controllers coupled with said layers of arrays of integrated sensors for the purpose of acquiring said data from said sensors; and
a real-time analysis software for analyzing said data acquired by said controller, wherein said analysis software transforms said data collected by said controller from time domain to event domain using wavelet transformations, frequency domain using wavelet transformations, or event and frequency domain using wavelet transformations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring an individual'"'"'s sleep quality comprising the steps:
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placing one or more layer pads, within which arrays of integrated sensors, wherein said arrays of integrated sensors are distributed with a low spatial resolution and wherein each of said integrated sensors provide different type of data, are embedded, horizontally beneath a subject to be monitored between a mattress and said individual;
using a controller to acquire said data provided by said arrays of integrated sensors;
using a real-time analysis software for analyzing said data acquired by said controller from said array of integrated sensors, wherein said analysis software transforms said data collected by said controller from time domain to event domain using wavelet transformations, frequency domain using wavelet transformations, or event and frequency domain using wavelet transformations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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