Sleep monitoring cap

A sleep-monitoring cap, comprising:

• a plurality of interconnected electrodes embedded within a body of the sleep-monitoring cap, wherein the plurality of interconnected electrodes are located at positions across a central transverse region, below and along a side of each eye, and on a rear mid-region of a person's head when the person is wearing the sleep-monitoring cap;
• a vibratory device embedded within the body of the sleep-monitoring cap, wherein the vibratory device is connected to the plurality of interconnected electrodes;
• and
• processing circuitry embedded within the body of the sleep-monitoring cap, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
• monitor, convert, process, and store brain wave activity retrieved by the plurality of interconnected electrodes from the person wearing the sleep-monitoring cap,
• determine whether a sleep state exists from the monitored brain wave activity,
• when the sleep state exists, determine whether a first sleep stage is a rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stage,
• when the first sleep stage is a REM sleep stage, record the sleep state as a sleep onset REM period, and
• activate the vibratory device after a pre-determined time period when the sleep onset REM period has been recorded.

A sleep-monitoring cap comprising:

• a plurality of interconnected electrodes embedded within a body of the sleep-monitoring cap, wherein the plurality of interconnected electrodes are located at positions across a central transverse region, below and along a side of each eye, and on a rear mid-region of a person's head when the person is wearing the sleep-monitoring cap;
• a vibratory device embedded within the body of the sleep-monitoring cap, wherein the vibratory device is connected to the plurality of interconnected electrodes;
• and
• processing circuitry embedded within the body of the sleep-monitoring cap, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
• monitor, convert, process, and store brain wave activity retrieved by the plurality of interconnected electrodes from the person wearing the sleep-monitoring cap,
• determine whether the monitored brain wave activity includes low amplitude mixed-frequency waves;
• when the monitored brain wave activity includes the low amplitude mixed-frequency waves, activate the vibratory device;
• determine whether the monitored brain wave activity includes theta waves followed by vertex sharp waves;
• and
• when the monitored brain wave activity includes the theta waves followed by the vertex sharp waves, activate the vibratory device.