Brain-wave aware sleep management
AssigneePalo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorsTim R. Mullen, Qingfeng Huang
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Abstract
A system includes a port to receive brain activity data of a user, a processor to detect a beginning time of a user nap based upon the brain activity data, and a user interface to notify the user when a predetermined nap time has elapsed. A method of monitoring a user somnolence level receives brain activity data from a user, and determines a somnolence level from the brain activity data. If the somnolence level is sleep, the system determines if a nap has progressed to a waking point, and if the nap has progressed to a waking point, alerts the user.
Claims17
A system, comprising:
- a port to receive brain activity data of a user;
- a processor to detect a beginning time of a user nap based upon the brain activity data and to store the beginning time and time of day;
- and
- a user interface to notify the user when a predetermined nap time has elapsed.
A method of monitoring a user somnolence level, comprising:
- receiving brain activity data from a user;
- determining a somnolence level from the brain activity data;
- storing data including the somnolence level and time of day;
- if the somnolence level is sleep, determining using a processor if a nap has progressed to a waking point;
- and
- if the nap has progressed to a waking point, alerting the user.
An article of computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to:
- receive brain activity data from a user;
- determine a somnolence level from the brain activity data;
- storing the somnolence level and time of day;
- if the somnolence level is sleep, determine if a nap timer has elapsed;
- and
- if the nap timer has elapsed, alert the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.