Sleep assistance device for multiple users
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsMartin James Dalgleish, Brian David Mulcahey
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Abstract
A sleep assistance device is provided-for, including a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor detects a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor. The processor may then initiate a wind-down routine upon detecting a sleep-readiness state, including playing relaxing sounds or playing a respiration entrainment sound. The processor may also play noise-masking sounds upon detecting that a user has fallen asleep and seamlessly transition between the sounds played during the wind-down routine and the noise-masking sounds.
Claims6
A sleep assistance device comprising:
- a housing;
- a first contactless biometric sensor, integrated into the housing, for determining at least one of a heart rate, a respiratory rate, a presence, or movement of a first user;
- a processor;
- memory;
- and
- a speaker;
- wherein said processor is configured to:
- detect a sleep state of the first user by reading signals from said first contactless biometric sensor based on at least one of a detected change in the first user's heart rate, body movement, respiration, or presence;
- detect a sleep state of a second user by reading signals from a second contactless biometric sensor, not integrated into the housing, based on at least one of a detected change in the second user's heart rate, body movement, respiration, or presence;
- initiate a first wind-down routine upon detecting a sleep-readiness state of one of the first user or the second user, the first wind-down routine comprising at least one of playing relaxing sounds or playing a respiration entrainment sound;
- and
- play noise-masking sounds upon detecting that one of the first user or the second user has fallen asleep,
- wherein the processor is configured to play the sounds of the first wind-down routine for the first user and play the noise-masking sounds simultaneously for the second user, and
- wherein at least one of the noise-masking sounds or the sounds of the first wind-down routine mask the other from being heard by at least one of the first or the second user,
- wherein the noise-masking sounds mask the first wind-down routine from being heard by the second user, and the sounds of the first wind-down routine mask the noise-masking sounds from being heard by the first user.
A sleep assistance device comprising:
- a housing;
- a first contactless biometric sensor, integrated into the housing, for determining at least one of a heart rate, a respiratory rate, a presence, or movement of a first user;
- a processor;
- and
- memory;
- wherein said processor is configured to:
- detect a sleep state of the first user by reading signals from said first contactless biometric sensor based on at least one of a detected change in the first user's heart rate, body movement, respiration, or presence;
- initiate a first wind-down routine upon detecting a sleep-readiness state of the first user, the first wind-down routine comprising controlling earphones in wireless communication with the sleep assistance device to play at least one of relaxing sounds or a respiration entrainment sound,
- wherein the processor is configured to play the sounds of the first wind-down routine for the first user and play the noise-masking sounds simultaneously for a second user, and
- wherein at least one of the noise-masking sounds or the sounds of the first wind-down routine mask the other from being heard by at least one of the first or the second user,
- wherein the noise-masking sounds mask the first wind-down routine from being heard by the second user, and the sounds of the first wind-down routine mask the noise-masking sounds from being heard by the first user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.