METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A USER'S SLEEP
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1. A method of managing the sleep of a user, the method comprising:
- (i) monitoring, using at least one sensor, one or more objective parameters relevant to sleep quality of the user when in bed, said parameters being selected from physiological parameters and environmental parameters and including at least movement of the user and/or electrical signals indicative of brain activity of the user;
(ii) collecting, using a sensor unit, signal data from said at least one sensor and communicating the signal data to a processing means;
(iii) collecting, using a portable user interaction device, objective test data from the user when awake, the objective test data being indicative of cognitive and/or psychomotor performance and communicating the objective test data to said processing means; and
(iv) processing data from said sensor unit and said user interaction device to generate at least a combined sleep indicator metric, which takes both sensor unit data and cognitive and/or psychomotor data into consideration, or a cognitive and/or psychomotor performance metric together with a sleep metric or a sleep quality metric; and
(v) receiving at the portable user interaction device information relating to the user'"'"'s sleep behaviour for display to the user.
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Abstract
A sleep management method and system for improving the quality of sleep of a user which monitors one or more objective parameters relevant to sleep quality of the user when in bed and receives from the user in waking hours via a portable device such as a mobile phone feedback from objective test data on cognitive and/or psychomotor performance.
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1. A method of managing the sleep of a user, the method comprising:
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(i) monitoring, using at least one sensor, one or more objective parameters relevant to sleep quality of the user when in bed, said parameters being selected from physiological parameters and environmental parameters and including at least movement of the user and/or electrical signals indicative of brain activity of the user; (ii) collecting, using a sensor unit, signal data from said at least one sensor and communicating the signal data to a processing means; (iii) collecting, using a portable user interaction device, objective test data from the user when awake, the objective test data being indicative of cognitive and/or psychomotor performance and communicating the objective test data to said processing means; and (iv) processing data from said sensor unit and said user interaction device to generate at least a combined sleep indicator metric, which takes both sensor unit data and cognitive and/or psychomotor data into consideration, or a cognitive and/or psychomotor performance metric together with a sleep metric or a sleep quality metric; and (v) receiving at the portable user interaction device information relating to the user'"'"'s sleep behaviour for display to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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20. A sleep management system comprising:
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(i) at least one sensor for monitoring one or more objective parameters relevant to sleep quality of the user when in bed, said parameters being selected from physiological parameters and environmental parameters and including at least movement of the user and/or electrical signals indicative of brain activity of the user; (ii) a sensor unit which collects signal data from said at least one sensor and communicates data to a processing means; (iii) a portable user interaction device, which can collect objective test data from the user when awake indicative of cognitive and/or psychomotor performance and which additionally communicates data to said processing means and receives information from the processing means which is displayed to the user, and (iv) said processing means, which processes data from said sensor unit and said portable user interaction device whereby at least a combined sleep indicator metric, which takes both sensor unit data and cognitive and/or psychomotor data into consideration, or a cognitive and/or psychomotor performance metric together with a sleep metric or a sleep quality metric can be displayed to the user via the portable user interaction device. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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