Dynamic device adjustments based on determined user sleep state

A method of enabling a mobile electronic device to adjust one or more functional aspects of the mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

• operating, while a user is determined to be asleep, in a sleep mode using a processor of the mobile electronic device;
• capturing, while in the sleep mode, image information using at least one imaging element of the mobile electronic device, the image information including a brightness level of a surrounding area of the mobile electronic device;
• determining whether the user is awake by, at least in part, analyzing the image information;
• and causing, by the processor of the mobile electronic device, the mobile electronic device to operate in an intermediate mode, the mobile electronic device having more active functionality in the intermediate mode relative to when the mobile electronic device is in the sleep mode and less active functionality in the intermediate mode relative to when the mobile electronic device is in a standard mode.

A method of enabling a mobile electronic device to switch between different operational modes that correspond to an attention level of a user of the mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

• activating a standard mode that adjusts a set of functionalities of the mobile electronic device;
• capturing first image information of a user using at least one imaging element on the mobile electronic device;
• determining, based at least in part on the first image information, that the user is asleep;
• determining a brightness level of at least an area near the user;
• causing the mobile electronic device to enter a sleep mode when the user is determined to be asleep and when the brightness level of the at least an area near the user is determined to be at or below a brightness threshold, the mobile electronic device having less active functionality in the sleep mode relative to when the mobile electronic device is in the standard mode;
• capturing, while in the sleep mode, second image information;
• determining, based at least in part on the second image information, that the user is awake;
• and
• causing the mobile electronic device to enter an intermediate mode, the mobile electronic device having more active functionality in the intermediate mode relative to when the mobile electronic device is in the sleep mode and less active functionality in the intermediate mode relative to when the mobile electronic device is in the standard mode.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computing program for enabling mobile electronic device to adjust one or more functional aspects of the mobile electronic device, the computer program comprising sets of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• operate, while a user is determined to be asleep, in a sleep mode of the mobile electronic device;
• capture, while in the sleep mode, image information using at least one imaging element of the mobile electronic device, the image information including a brightness level of a surrounding area of the mobile electronic device;
• determine whether the user is awake by, at least in part, analyzing the image information;
• and modify the mobile electronic device from operating in the sleep mode to operating in an intermediate mode, the mobile electronic device having more active functionality in the intermediate mode relative to when the mobile electronic device is in the sleep mode and less active functionality in the intermediate mode relative to when the mobile electronic device is in a standard mode.