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Method and apparatus for a waking control system

  • US 6,888,779 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2001
  • Issued: 05/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for waking an individual in a manner that promotes said individual'"'"'s well being comprising:

  • at least one sensor operative to sense at least one parameter correlated to said individual'"'"'s sleep level; and

    a controller capable of being set by said individual with a final wakeup time, said controller connected to receive sensed values of the at least one parameter from the sensor and configured to introduce a stimulus at a stimulus introduction time prior to the final wakeup time and, over a period between the stimulus introduction time and the final wakeup time, to adjust an intensity of the stimulus based on feedback which comprises the sensed values of the at least one parameter and based on a difference between a current time and the final wakeup time, so as to bring said individual gradually out of sleep and to an awake state over a period of time between the stimulus introduction time and the final wakeup time.

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