Sleep aid device and method, program and recording medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKoji Kashima, Yoshihiro Wakita, Takeshi Yamazaki, Seiji Wada, Natsuki Kimura
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a sleep aid device including: an electrode arranged on the surface of a pillow in such a manner as to come into contact with the scalp of a user; a brain wave signal acquisition section adapted to acquire a brain wave signal of the user via the electrode; an analysis section adapted to analyze the acquired brain wave signal; and a control section adapted to control the execution of a preset process according to the sleep stage representing the depth of sleep of the user identified by the analysis result.
Claims12
A sleep aid device comprising:
- a pillow comprising:
- an electrode on a surface of the pillow;
- and
- a spring;
- wherein the spring is in contact with the electrode and the spring is configured to move the electrode up and down within the pillow;
- and
- wherein the electrode is configured to come into contact with a scalp of a user;
- a brain wave signal acquisition section adapted to acquire a brain wave signal of the user via the electrode;
- an analysis section adapted to analyze the acquired brain wave signal;
- and
- a control section adapted to control an execution of a preset process according to a sleep stage representing a depth of sleep of the user identified by the analyzed acquired brain wave signal.
A non-transitory computer recording medium on which a program allowing a computer to serve as a sleep aid device is recorded, the program comprising the steps of:
- acquiring, with a brain wave signal acquisition section, a brain wave signal of a user via an electrode arranged on a surface of a pillow;
- wherein the electrode is configured to move up and down within the pillow by movement of a spring, wherein the spring is in contact with the electrode, and wherein the electrode is configured to come into contact with a scalp of a user;
- analyzing, with an analysis section, the acquired brain wave signal;
- and
- controlling, with a control section, an execution of a preset process according to a sleep stage representing a depth of sleep of the user identified by the analyzed acquired brain wave signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.