Wakeup device utilizing weight of liquid to enable and disable functionality
OwnerJoshua Camden Volkeninginventor
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Abstract
A wakeup device includes an alarm clock with a cup that rests on a load cell. The load cell measures the weight of the cup, thereby detecting the presence or absence of a liquid in the cup. At night if the load cell detects the absence of a liquid in the cup, the device will produce signals that can be disabled by adding liquid to the cup. When the alarm clock goes off to awaken the individual, the alarm clock is snoozed and alarms are disabled for a short period when the load cell detects that the cup has been picked up. To turn the alarm off completely, the individual must consume or dispose of the liquid in the cup and put it back on the load cell so that it detects the presence of an empty cup.
Claims19
An alarm device comprising:
- a cup,
- a base component upon which the cup can sit, the base component including,
- a clock,
- an alarm,
- a load cell upon which the cup can sit, and which measures weight supported thereon, and
- a controller that is responsive to the load cell's measurements, the controller responding to the measurements of the load cell to control at least one set alarm by at least one of silencing the set alarm for a snooze period and disabling the set alarm until a set time on a following day,
- the at least one set alarm including a sleep alarm and the controller, in response to the load cell measuring a weight greater than that of an empty cup after the sleep alarm has been activated, disables the sleep alarm until a set time on a following day.
An alarm device comprising:
- a cup,
- a weight sensor that supports the cup and which measures weight supported thereon,
- a clock with an associated alarm function that allows setting at least one set alarm including at least a sleep alarm to be activated at a set sleep time each day, and
- a controller that is responsive to the weight sensor's measurements and which, in response to the weight sensor measuring a weight greater than that of an empty cup after the sleep alarm has been activated, disables the sleep alarm until the set sleep time on a following day.
An alarm device comprising:
- a cup,
- a weight sensor that measures weight supported thereon, the weight sensor being associated with the cup by either supporting the cup or being incorporated into the cup so as to measure the weight of liquid in the cup,
- a clock with an associated alarm function that allows setting at least one alarm including at least a sleep alarm, and
- a controller that controls the at least one alarm responsive to the weight sensor's measurements, such control including at least an action of disabling the sleep alarm until a set time on a following day in response to the weight sensor measuring a weight greater than that of an empty cup after the sleep alarm has been activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.