Patent ID: 9566031
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A method for awakening a person, the method comprising: setting a desired amount of actual sleep clock time; receiving measurement signals relating to the person's state of sleep over time; determining, using the received measurement signals, an actual sleep clock time indicating an amount of clock time that the person has actually slept; determining whether the actual sleep clock time is greater than or equal to the desired amount of actual sleep clock time, as a first determination result; and initiating an alarm for awakening the person using the first determination result, wherein the receiving measurement signals comprises receiving measurement signals from at least one of a sleep system upon which the person is disposed or a near-body sensing device, wherein the desired amount of actual sleep clock time comprises a desired amount of actual sleep clock time at a particular stage of sleep, wherein the actual sleep clock time indicates an amount of clock time that the person has actually slept at the particular stage of sleep, wherein the determining whether the actual sleep clock time is greater than or equal to the desired amount of actual sleep clock time comprises determining whether the actual sleep clock time at the particular stage of sleep is greater than or equal to the desired amount of actual sleep clock time at the particular stage of sleep, and wherein the initiating the alarm comprises initiating the alarm in response to determining that the actual sleep clock time at the particular stage of sleep is greater than or equal to the desired amount of actual sleep clock time at the particular stage of sleep.