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US 10,300,242 B2Granted
Sleep training child night light
AssigneeHush Buddy, LLC
InventorScott Hanson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and method of training a child to go to sleep by providing a light which dims in response to a child sound or a presence other than the child and turns back on or brightens when the sound stops or the presence leaves.
Claims10
A night light system for use in sleep training a child who sleeps with a night light on comprising:
- a) a light dimming circuit;
- b) a sensor designed to detect at least one of a sound of the child and a presence of someone in addition to the child or the child leaving a room or getting up;
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- c) a connecting circuit for using the dimming circuit to dim the light when the sensor detects the child sound or presence of someone and turning the light up after a period of time when no child sound or presence is sensed by the sensor.
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A method of training a child to be quiet and to go to sleep at night while using a night light, the method comprising:
- a) engaging a sensor that detects at least one of when the child is making a sound or there is the presence of someone other than the child;
- b) when the sensor detects the child sound or the presence, sending a signal to a dimming circuit on the night light which instructs the dimming circuit to lower the light intensity;
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- c) engaging a timer to time how long it has been since the sound was detected last or the presence has left and increasing the light intensity once a selected time is reached.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.