Patent ID: 8562659

Claim:
A system configured to provide light therapy to a subject as the subject sleeps, the system comprising: one or more lighting modules configured to provide radiation to the eyes of the subject; one or more sensors configured to generate one or more output signals that convey information related to the position of the eyelids of the subject; and a processor configured to receive the one or more output signals generated by the one or more sensors, and to control the one or more lighting modules such that the one or more lighting modules provide, at a given moment in time, radiation to the eyes of the subject at an intensity level that is determined based on the position of the eyelids of the subject at the given moment in time, wherein the output signals generated by the one or more sensors convey information related to whether the eyelids of the subject are open or closed, and wherein the processor is configured to control the one or more lighting modules (i) to provide radiation to the eyes of the subject at a first intensity at the given moment in time when the one or more output signals generated by the one or more sensors indicate that the eyelids of the subject are closed at the given moment in time, and (ii) to provide radiation to the eyes of the subject at a second intensity at the given moment in time when the one or more output signals generated by the one or more sensors indicate that the eyelids of the subject are open at the given moment in time, wherein the first intensity is greater than the second intensity.