Personalized sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus and method with correlation of sleep signals and ambiance disturbance signal
US9993195B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 28, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2230/10
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to a sleep disturbance monitoring apparatus (1) for monitoring a sleep disturbance of a person. An ambience disturbance profile, which describes which levels and/or changes of an ambient signal, which is, for example, a temperature signal or a noise signal, are related to disturbed sleep, is amended depending on a correlation between the ambience signal and a sleep signal which is indicative of the quality of the sleep of the person. After the ambience disturbance profile has been amended, an environmental disturbance factor, which disturbs the sleep, is determined based on a comparison of an actual ambient signal with the amended ambience disturbance profile, wherein information regarding the determined environmental disturbance factor is output to the person on an output unit. This allows providing personalized information regarding environmental sleep disturbance factors, i.e. the information considers the individual susceptibility of a person for environmental disturbances during sleep.
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