Patent ID: 9192326
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A61B,A61M,G04G,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring sleep, the method comprising: monitoring, by a sleep monitoring device, a user's movements; determining, by the sleep monitoring device, based on the user's movements, when the user is falling asleep into a sleep session; determining, by the sleep monitoring device, based on the user's location, whether the user falling asleep would have a negative effect on the user, and when the user falling asleep would have a negative effect on the user, notifying the user to change the user's location; automatically identifying, by the sleep monitoring device, a sleep session type based on a plurality of the user's location, time since a last longer sleep, and time of day, the sleep session type defined as one of a power nap or a longer sleep, wherein the power nap consists of a portion of a sleep cycle, wherein a length of the power nap is based on a plurality of settings associated with the power nap; when the user falling asleep does not have a negative effect on the user, allowing the user to fall asleep and waking up, by the sleep monitoring device, the user with an alarm at a predetermined time, based on a combination of the sleep session type, user preferences, and measured information regarding the sleep session such that the user is in a light sleep stage when the alarm wakes the user; and when the sleep session type is a power nap, adjusting, by the sleep monitoring device, the plurality of settings associated with the power nap based on the measured information regarding the sleep session.