Patent ID: 8784293

Claim:
A system for tailoring sleep architecture, the system comprising: one or more coupling elements configured to electrically couple a device to a mask; the mask, wherein the mask is configured to be worn by a user, and wherein the mask comprises one or more electroencephalographic sensors, wherein each of the one or more electroencephalographic sensors comprises hydrogel in a conductive spacer fabric, a heater element configured to generate heat, wherein the heater element comprises insulated first conductive thread electrically coupled to one or more of the one or more coupling elements, a visual element configured to generate light, wherein the visual element comprises one or more electroluminescent panels, and second conductive thread electrically coupled to one or more of the one or more coupling elements; and the device, wherein the device comprises a controller comprising one or more modules that, when the device is electrically coupled to the mask, receive one or more electroencephalographic signals from the one or more electroencephalographic sensors, determine a current sleep state and a target sleep state based, at least in part, on the one or more electroencephalographic signals, and, if the current sleep state and the target sleep state are different, control the heater element and the one or more electroluminescent panels, via the one or more coupling elements, to guide the user to the target sleep state.