SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SLEEP QUALITY FEEDBACK

• US 20110267196A1
• Filed: 05/03/2011
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LARK Technologies, Inc. (Abbvie Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: LARK Technologies, Inc. (Abbvie Incorporated)
• Inventors: Hu, Julia, Lacson, Alvin
• Application Number:
  US13/100,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20110267196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/575
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4815 Sleep quality
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7455 characterised by tactile indication, e.g. vibration or electrical stimulation

Abstract

A system and method for providing sleep quality feedback that includes receiving alarm input on a base device from a user; the base device communicating an alarm setting based on the alarm input to an individual sleep device; the individual sleep device collecting sleep data based on activity input of a user; the individual sleep device communicating sleep data to the base device; the base device calculating sleep quality feedback from the sleep data; communicating sleep quality feedback to a user; and the individual sleep device activating an alarm, wherein activating the alarm includes generating tactile feedback to the user according to the alarm setting.

Claims

1. A method for providing sleep quality feedback comprising:

receiving alarm input on a base device from a user;

communicating an alarm setting based on the alarm input from the base device to an individual sleep device;

collecting sleep data with the individual sleep device based on activity input of a user;

communicating sleep data from the individual sleep device to the base device;

calculating sleep quality feedback from the sleep data with the base device;

communicating sleep quality feedback to a user; and

activating an alarm by generating tactile feedback from the individual sleep device to the user according to the alarm setting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein activating an alarm includes generating a random signal pattern that controls the generation of tactile feedback.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating sleep feedback includes the base device displaying a graphical representation of the sleep quality feedback.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating sleep quality feedback includes calculating an optimized alarm setting from the sleep data and the alarm input, and wherein communicating the alarm setting to the individual sleep device includes communicating the optimized alarm setting.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating the alarm setting includes sending a command to activate the alarm.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating the alarm setting includes setting a local alarm of the individual sleep device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting sleep data based on activity input includes sensing user movement.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein collecting sleep data based on physical activity input includes conditioning sensed user movement into a sleep quality datapoint for a duration of time.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein conditioning sensed user movement includes highpass filtering, low pass filtering, and performing a moving average on sensed user movement to generate a sleep quality datapoint for at least every 30 seconds, wherein the sleep data is composed of a plurality of sleep quality datapoints.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein calculating sleep quality feedback includes calculating conditioning parameters;

and further comprising communicating the conditioning parameters to the individual sleep device, wherein conditioning sensed user movement uses the communicated conditioning parameters.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the sleep data on a remote shared computing resource;

calculating at least a portion of the sleep quality feedback from a plurality of datasets on the shared computing resource; and

communicating the portion of the sleep quality feedback to the base device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of datasets includes sleep data from a plurality of users.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the base device detecting environmental conditions;

and canceling at least some of the environmental conditions through an active output.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein detecting environmental conditions includes retrieving audio input;

and wherein the active output to cancel negative environmental conditions is an audio signal played through the base device that masks the retrieved audio input.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the active output is a trigger to generate tactile feedback on the individual sleep device.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a change of sleep schedule input from the user;

calculating an alarm transition schedule based on the sleep schedule input and a history of sleep data; and

adjusting the alarm setting according to the calculated transition schedule.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving second alarm input on a base device for a user of a second individual sleep device;

communicating an alarm setting based on the second alarm input from the base device to the second individual sleep device;

collecting sleep data with the second individual sleep device based on activity input of a user;

communicating sleep data from the second individual sleep device to the base device;

calculating sleep quality feedback for the user of the second individual sleep device from the sleep data with the base device;

communicating sleep quality feedback for the sleep data collected on the second individual sleep device; and

activating an alarm by generating tactile feedback from the second individual sleep device to the user according to the alarm setting.

18. A system for providing sleep quality feedback comprising:

an individual sleep device that includes a sleep pattern sensor that collects sleep data of a user, a targeted alarm, and a wireless communication component; and

a base device that includes an alarm input component, a sleep data analysis engine to calculate sleep quality feedback to the user, and a wireless communication component with at least a temporary communication connection to the wireless communication component of the base device.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a central sleep service platform including a database of sleep data for a plurality of users and a network connection to the base device.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the targeted alarm is a vibrational alarm coupled to a user through a housing of the individual sleep device;

wherein the sleep pattern sensor includes a conditioning engine including a highpass filter, a lowpass filter and a moving average filter, where the output of the conditioning engine is connected to the wireless communication component.