KR101765659B1 - Sleep Management Apparatus and Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sleep management apparatus and method, and a sleep management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a sleep management apparatus that uses at least one of a recommended illumination amount, a recommended color temperature, and a recommended activity amount, A sensing unit that senses a daily sensing amount including at least one of an operation amount, a color temperature, and an activity amount of the user using a sensor, a comparison unit that compares the daily recommended amount of the user with the sensed daily sensing amount A notification message generation unit for generating a notification message to be output to the user, and an output unit for outputting the generated notification message to the user.
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a personalized sleep inducing service by using the sleep management apparatus and method, thereby enabling the user to take a good sleep. And it can help the user overcome the sleep disorder by letting them develop lifestyle habits that help sleep in their daily life.

Description

[0001] Sleep Management Apparatus and Method Thereof [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sleep management apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a sleep management apparatus and method for managing daily life so that a user can take a good night's sleep.

For modern people who are living in a modern society that is increasingly complicated and diversified, stress is the source of all kinds of diseases and inevitable destiny. These stresses and excessive competition have greatly increased the number of people suffering from sleep disturbances, and about 40,000 people, or 12 percent of the adult population in Korea, are suffering from various stress-related sleep disorders.

With the increasing number of people experiencing sleep disturbances, interest in well sleeping has surged, resulting in a variety of products and services for sleep. In the past, well-sleeping products were limited to bedding such as futons, pillows and the like. Recently, however, types have diversified into daily necessities, cosmetics, and household appliances.

In recent years, a special odor-odor agent for the bedroom has been introduced, cosmetics for body and pillows have appeared before falling asleep, and sleeping lights, a lighting product that induces a good night's sleep, have appeared. A pillow has been introduced to combat chinese medicine and induce a good night's sleep and maintain the health of the neck. A sleeping beverage such as a night milk powder product containing a large amount of melatonin has appeared, and a service to analyze an individual's sleep pattern and posture Is also becoming popular.

Most of the products and services for the existing sleep are outputting a sound inducing the user to sleep at the time of preparing for sleep, or adjusting the intensity of light to help the user take a good night's sleep. These stimuli at the time of preparation for bedtime may be helpful in the early stages of use, but in the long term they may not help the user's sleep. In addition, since the conventional sleep inducing service can not provide a customized service for each user, it can not provide optimized service for each user, and thus can not maximize the sleep inducing effect.

Accordingly, there is a need for a sleep inducing device that provides a personalized sleep inducing service to each user and guides the user to meet various factors necessary for sleeping from the time of awakening to sleeping.

The technology of the background of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-0791371 (published on Jan. 11, 2008).

The present invention relates to a sleep management apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a sleep management apparatus and method for managing a daily life so that a user can take a good night's sleep.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sleep management apparatus including an operation unit for calculating a daily recommended dose including at least one of a recommended level of activity, a recommended color temperature, and a recommended activity level using user basic information input from a user, A color temperature, and an activity amount of the user, a detection unit for comparing the daily recommended amount of the user with the detected daily detection amount, and outputting a notification message And an output unit for outputting the generated notification message to the user.

In addition, the user basic information may include at least one of a user's age, sex, weight, eating habits, sleeping time, and weather time, and the notification message may include at least one of increasing the amount of light, color temperature, Or to reduce it.

Also, the user basic information may be received directly from the user or received from the paired user terminal.

In addition, the sensing unit senses the movement of the user to determine whether the user is in a sleep mode or an active mode, and the operation unit calculates a sleep time of the user using the duration of the sleep mode, The daily recommended amount can be calculated using the sleep time.

Further, the information processing apparatus may further include an input unit for receiving user daily information including at least one of food information, alcohol drinking information, smoking information, medication use information, caffeine consumption information, user dream information, , The operation unit may calculate the daily recommended amount using the user basic information and the user daily information.

In addition, the notification message generating unit may increase at least one of the daily sensing amounts when the daily sensing amount is less than the daily recommended amount, and decrease the activity amount before a predetermined time of the sleeping time or sleeping recommended time , An alert message may be generated to increase or decrease the item corresponding to the current time from among the control amount, the color temperature, and the activity amount.

Also, the output unit may output the notification message to the user through at least one of lighting, sound, and screen display of the lamp.

The control unit may further include a control unit for generating a sleeping environment control signal for controlling illumination, temperature, humidity, and operation of the air cleaner and transmitting the sleeping environment control signal to at least one external device such as a lighting device, a temperature control device, a humidity control device, .

Further, it may be in the form of a wearable wearable body part of the user.

The sleep management method using a sleep management apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes calculating a daily recommended dose including at least one of a recommended amount of illumination, a recommended color temperature, and a recommended amount of activity using user basic information input from a user, A color temperature, and an amount of activity of the user; a comparison unit that compares the daily recommended amount of the user with the detected daily amount to output a notification message to the user; And outputting the created notification message to the user.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by using the sleep management apparatus and method, it is possible to provide a personalized sleep inducing service to help the user take a good night's sleep.

And it can help the user overcome the sleep disorder by letting them develop lifestyle habits that help sleep in their daily life.

1 is a view showing a sleep management apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining a sleep management apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sleep management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a sleep management method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a sleep management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a sleep management apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sleep management device 100 may be a wearable device that can be worn on a part of a user's body. In particular, the device may be a wrist wearable device worn on the wrist of a user in a band form.

The sleep management apparatus 100 senses a daily sensing amount using at least one of the amount of operation, the color temperature, and the amount of user activity using the sensor. The sleep management apparatus 100 can calculate a daily recommended amount including at least one of a recommended amount of operation, a recommended color temperature, and a recommended amount of activity using the sensed daily sensing amount and the user basic information input from the user.

Further, the sleep management apparatus 100 compares the daily recommended dose with the daily dose and generates a notification message to be output to the user. Here, the notification message is a message informing the user to increase or decrease at least one of the amount of light, the color temperature, and the amount of activity of the user, and the sleep management device 100 may light a lamp, output a sound, A notification message may be output in at least one of the display methods.

2 is a view for explaining a sleep management apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sleep management apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention may operate in a network connection with the user terminal 200 and the external devices 300a and 300b.

Here, the network refers to a connection structure capable of exchanging information between the sleep management device 100, the user terminal 200, and the external devices 300a and 300b. Examples of such a network include IrDA (Infrared Data Association) (UWB), Z-Wave, ZigBee, Internet, LAN, Wireless LAN, WAN, PAN, 3G, 4G, LTE , Wi-Fi, and the like.

First, the sleep management apparatus 100 is substantially the same as the sleep management apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of FIG. 1, and can perform communication with the user terminal 200 and the external devices 300a and 300b .

The sleep management apparatus 100 receives the user basic information from the user terminal 200 or generates a sleep environment adjustment signal for controlling the operation of the external devices 300a and 300b and transmits the sleep environment adjustment signal to the external devices 300a and 300b .

Next, the user terminal 200 is a terminal owned by the user to be provided with the sleep management service. The user terminal 200 may receive user basic information from a user and transmit the user basic information to the sleep management device 100. The user terminal 200 may receive the daily sensing amount from the sleep management device 100 and store the sensed daily amount or time.

The user terminal 200 may be connected to the external devices 300a and 300b as well as the sleep management device 100. The user terminal 200 may directly generate a sleep environment adjustment signal or receive the sleep environment adjustment signal from the sleep management device 100 To the external devices 300a and 300b.

Herein, the user terminal 200 may include a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a smart pad, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and a mobile communication terminal, It should be broadly interpreted as an electronic device capable of communicating with external devices 300a and 300b and having a function of receiving and storing user basic information and the like from a user.

Lastly, the external devices 300a and 300b may be devices that can adjust the sleeping environment of the user such as a lighting device, a temperature control device, a humidity control device, and an air purifier, and the user terminal 200 or the sleep management device 100 To receive the sleep environment adjustment signal.

3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sleep management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the sleep management apparatus 100 includes an input unit 110, an operation unit 120, a sensing unit 130, a notification message generation unit 140, and an output unit 150, 160 < / RTI >

First, the input unit 110 receives user's daily information including at least one of food information, drinking information, smoking information, medication-taking information, caffeine consumption information, user's dream information, and user's love information consumed by the user .

Here, the user's daily information is related to the user's daily living or experience, and the input unit 110 can receive daily user's daily information from the user.

When the sleep management apparatus 100 operates independently of the user terminal 200 as in the first embodiment of the present invention, the sleep management apparatus 100 receives user basic information directly from the user It is possible. Here, the user basic information may include at least one of the user's age, sex, weight, eating habits, sleeping time, and weather time.

At this time, the sleep management device 100 may receive the user basic information only once from the user at first, or may receive the user basic information periodically or aperiodically from the user.

Next, the operation unit 120 can calculate the daily recommended amount including at least one of the recommended amount of operation, the recommended color temperature, and the recommended amount of activity using the user basic information.

In addition, when the input unit 110 receives the user's daily information from the user, the operation unit 120 may calculate the daily recommended amount using the inputted daily user information. When the sleep management apparatus 100 senses the movement of the user, the operation unit 120 may calculate the sleeping time of the user and calculate the daily recommended amount using the calculated sleeping time.

That is, the operation unit 120 of the sleep management apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can calculate the user-customized daily recommended amount using at least one of the user basic information, the user daily information, and the sleeping time.

The sensing unit 130 senses a daily sensing amount including at least one of an amount of operation, a color temperature, and a user's activity using various sensors.

The sensing unit 130 may sense the illuminance and the color temperature using an illuminance sensor and a color temperature sensor. In addition, the sensing unit 130 senses the movement of the user by using an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, or detects a user's movement by sensing a user's biometric signal using at least one of an electromyogram sensor, an electrocardiogram sensor, and an electroencephalogram sensor . The sensing unit 130 may also detect whether the user is sleeping by using the detected movement of the user.

In addition, the notification message generator 140 compares the calculated daily recommended amount with the detected daily detection amount, and generates a notification message to be output to the user. Here, the notification message is a message that guides the user to increase or decrease at least one of the amount of light, the color temperature, and the amount of activity.

The output unit 150 outputs the generated notification message to the user. The output unit 150 can output a notification message in the form of an image, lighting up a voice, a lamp, etc. to the user using at least one of a light emitting device such as a speaker, an LED, and a display module.

In particular, when the output unit 150 outputs a notification message using the LED, the sleep management device 100 may include LEDs corresponding to the amount of illumination, color temperature, and activity, respectively, And output a notification message.

For example, when the sleep management device 100 outputs a notification message to guide the user to increase the activity amount, a green lamp corresponding to the activity amount is turned on, and when a warning message is displayed to guide the user to decrease the activity amount, The user can inform the user by turning on the red lamp.

Finally, the controller 160 generates a sleep environment adjustment signal for controlling at least one of illumination, temperature, humidity, and whether the air cleaner is in operation or not. Then, the generated sleeping environment control signal is transmitted to at least one external device among a lighting device, a temperature control device, a humidity control device, and an air purifier.

The controller 160 generates a sleep environment adjustment signal for controlling at least one of the operation of the lighting device, the temperature controller, the humidity controller, and the air purifier at the user's sleeping time or wakeup time using the user basic information, Lt; / RTI >

In addition, the controller 160 may generate a sleep environment adjustment signal for controlling the external device according to the user's daily information or the detected state of the user, and transmit the sleep environment adjustment signal to the external device.

Hereinafter, a sleep management method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a sleep management method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the sleep management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention relates to a technique of managing sleep of a user by using only the sleep management device 100. [

As shown in FIG. 4, the sleep management apparatus 100 receives user basic information from a user (S410).

Here, the user basic information includes at least one of a user's age, sex, weight, eating habits, sleeping time, and weather time, and the sleep management device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a user- User basic information is input.

The sleep management device 100 may receive user basic information from a user when the user first uses the sleep management device 100 and may receive user basic information from a user periodically or when the user desires to modify the user .

In addition, the sleep management device 100 may further receive user's daily information from the user. Here, the user daily information includes information on the user such as food information, drinking information, smoking information, medication-taking information, caffeine consumption information, user's dream information, user's love information, user's stress information, Means information related to actions that may affect the user ' s sleep.

The sleep management apparatus 100 may determine whether the user is in the sleep mode by sensing the movement of the user, and may calculate the sleep time of the user based on the duration of the sleep mode.

On the other hand, even if the user does not receive the user's basic information, the user's basic information may be set in advance in consideration of lifestyle habits (for example, weather time, activity time, sleeping time, etc.) .

Next, the sleep management apparatus 100 calculates a daily recommended amount of the user (S420).

The sleep management apparatus 100 calculates a daily recommended amount including at least one of recommended recommended amount, recommended color temperature, and recommended amount of activity using the user basic information. Here, the daily recommended dose refers to the amount of light the user has to take during the day to take a good night's sleep or the amount of activity to be carried out during the day, and the sleep management apparatus 100 can calculate the daily recommended dose using the user's basic information.

In addition, when the sleep management apparatus 100 receives the user's daily information from the user, the daily recommended amount may be calculated using the inputted daily user information. Then, the sleep management apparatus 100 may calculate the daily recommended dose using the calculated sleeping time of the user.

That is, the sleep management apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can calculate the user-customized daily recommendation amount using at least one of the user basic information, the user daily information, and the user's sleeping time.

The sleep management apparatus 100 senses the daily sensing amount of the user through the sensing unit 130 (S430).

The sleep management apparatus 100 senses a daily sensing amount including at least one of the light intensity of the light received by the user, the color temperature, and the amount of activity of the user. Here, the daily sensing amount refers to the amount of light the user receives during the day or the amount of activity that is performed during the day, and the sleep management device 100 can sense the daily sensing amount periodically or at a predetermined time.

In addition, the sleep management device 100 generates a notification message to be output to the user (S440).

The sleep management apparatus 100 may generate a notification message to be output to the user by comparing the daily recommended amount calculated in step S420 with the daily sensing amount sensed in step S430. At this time, the sleep management apparatus 100 may compare the daily recommended dose with the daily dose, or may generate a notification message by comparing the accumulated daily dose with the daily recommended dose.

To overcome insomnia and get a good night's sleep, at least 10,000 liters of sunlight should be given for at least 30 minutes a day to ensure that melatonin, the sleep-promoting hormone, is produced. For example, when the amount of illumination among the daily detection amount of the user detected until 2:00 pm is equal to or less than the preset value, the sleep management device 100 notifies the user to guide the user to take more sunlight during the daytime when the sun is floated Message can be generated.

In addition, when the amount of activity among the daily detections detected at 8:00 PM from the user whose sleeping time is set at 11:00 PM is equal to or larger than the predetermined value, the sleep management apparatus 100 can generate a notification message to guide the user to reduce the amount of activity have.

In the case where the weather is blurred or the illumination amount of the daily detection amount detected by the user living only in the room is less than the threshold value, the sleep management device 100 may generate a notification message to guide the activity amount to increase corresponding to the insufficient amount of illumination have.

Finally, the sleep management device 100 outputs a notification message to the user (S450).

The sleep management apparatus 100 may display a notification message on the screen or output a message to the user by turning on the lamp corresponding to the generated notification message. In addition, when the sleep management device 100 includes a speaker, it may output a notification message in the form of a voice.

The sleep management apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may output a notification message to the user through step S450 so that the user can be informed of a certain amount of increase or decrease of the detection amount in the corresponding time zone. Through this guidance, the user can manage the daily routine so that the user can take a sleep at bedtime.

Next, FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a sleep management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the sleep management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention relates to a technique for managing the sleep of a user using the user terminal 200 and the external devices 300a and 300b by the sleep management device 100 .

5, the sleep management device 100 receives user basic information from the user terminal 200 and receives user's daily information from the user (S510).

For convenience of explanation, the sleep management apparatus 100 receives the user's daily information directly from the user. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the user's terminal 200 may receive the user's daily information from the user, To the management apparatus 100. The step S510 is substantially the same as the step S410 of FIG. 3, and redundant description is omitted.

In addition, the sleep management apparatus 100 calculates the daily recommended amount of the user (S520), and senses the daily sensing amount of the user (S530).

Steps S520 and S530 are substantially the same as steps S420 and S430 of FIG. 3, and redundant explanations are omitted.

Then, the sleep management apparatus 100 generates a notification message to be output to the user (S540), and outputs the generated notification message (S550).

Steps S540 and S550 are substantially the same as steps S440 and S450 of FIG. 3, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

For convenience of explanation, the sleep management apparatus 100 generates and outputs a notification message. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. The sleep management apparatus 100 may transmit the daily sensing amount sensed at step S530 to the user terminal 200 , The user terminal 200 receiving the daily detection amount may generate a notification message. The user terminal 200 may output the generated notification message directly to the user or may transmit the generated notification message to the sleep management device 100 so that the sleep management device 100 outputs the notification message.

Finally, the sleep management device 100 generates a sleeping environment adjustment signal and transmits it to an external device (S560).

Here, the external device refers to a device capable of adjusting the user's sleeping environment such as a lighting device, a temperature control device, a humidity control device, an air purifier, etc., and the sleeping environment control signal is a signal for controlling an operation or an operation mode of an external device Signal. For example, the sleep management apparatus 100 generates a sleep environment adjustment signal for adjusting the amount of conditioning or color temperature and transmits the signal to the lighting device to create a sleeping environment that helps the user's sleep, To generate a sleeping environment control signal for the sleeping environment to be transmitted to the temperature control device or the humidity control device.

The sleep management apparatus 100 generates a sleep environment adjustment signal for controlling the operation of the external device or the operation mode in at least one of the sleeping time and the rising time or the sleeping recommended time and the sleeping recommended time included in the user basic information To the external device.

Here, the sleep recommendation time and the weather recommendation time refer to a time customized by the sleep management device 100 to the user, using the daily sensing amount sensed by the user.

For example, when the amount of exercise in the daily sensing amount of the user is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the sleep management device 100 can set the sleeping recommended time to a time earlier than the user's sleeping time. In addition, by using the information on the amount of conditioning and the color temperature information of the daily detection amount, it is possible to predict the generation time of cortisol and the melatonin which are helpful for the sleeping and to set the recommended sleeping time.

For convenience of explanation, it has been described that the sleep management device 100 generates a sleep environment control signal and transmits it to an external device. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the user terminal 200 may generate a sleep environment control signal and transmit the signal to an external device .

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, an individual personalized sleep inducing service can be provided by using the sleep management apparatus and method, thereby helping the user to take a good sleep.

And it can help the user overcome the sleep disorder by letting them develop lifestyle habits that help sleep in their daily life.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, Of the right.

100: user terminal 200: sleep management device
210: input unit 220:
230: Detecting unit 240: Notification message generating unit
250: output unit 260:
300a, 300b: External device

Claims (18)

An input unit for receiving user basic information including at least one of a user's age, sex, weight, eating habits, bedtime, and weather time;
A calculation unit for calculating a daily recommended amount including the recommended amount of the assistance and the recommended amount of activity using the user basic information received from the user,
A sensing unit that senses a daily sensing amount including a driving amount and an activity amount of the user using a sensor,
A notification message generation unit for generating a notification message to be output to the user by comparing the daily recommended amount of the user with the detected daily detection amount,
An output unit for outputting the generated notification message to a user, and
And a control unit for generating a sleeping environment control signal for controlling the operation of the air conditioner, the lighting, the temperature, the humidity, and the air purifier, and transmitting the signal to at least one external device among the lighting device, the temperature control device, the humidity control device,
The sensing unit includes:
A controller for detecting a movement of the user, determining whether the user is in a sleep mode or an active mode,
The operation unit,
Calculating a sleeping time of the user using the duration of the sleep mode, calculating the daily recommended dose using the sleeping time,
Wherein the notification message generating unit generates,
Wherein the control unit increases at least one of the daily sensing amounts when the daily sensing amount is less than the daily recommended amount and decreases the activity amount before a predetermined time of the sleeping time or sleeping recommended time, Generating an alert message to increase or decrease the item corresponding to the time,
The user basic information includes:
Receives input directly from a user, receives input from a paired user terminal,
The notification message includes:
The user is allowed to increase or decrease at least one of the roughing amount and the activity amount,
The output unit includes:
And outputting the notification message to the user in at least one of lighting, sound, and screen display of the lamp,
Wherein the wearer is formed in a wearable form that can be worn on a part of the body of the user. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A sleep management method using a sleep management device,
Receiving basic user information including at least one of a user's age, sex, weight, eating habits, bedtime, and weather time;
Calculating a daily recommended amount including recommended recommended amount and recommended recommended amount using user basic information inputted from the user,
Sensing a daily amount of sensing including the amount of operation and the amount of activity of the user using a sensor,
Detecting a movement of the user and determining whether the user is in a sleep mode or an active mode,
Comparing the daily recommended amount of the user with the sensed daily sensing amount to generate a notification message to be output to the user,
Outputting the created notification message to a user, and
And generating a sleeping environment control signal for controlling the operation of the air conditioner, the lighting, the temperature, the humidity, and the air cleaner, and transmitting the sleeping condition adjusting signal to at least one external device among the lighting device, the temperature adjusting device,
The step of calculating the daily recommended dose comprises:
Calculating a sleeping time of the user based on the duration of the sleep mode, calculating the daily recommended dose using the sleeping time,
Wherein the generating the notification message comprises:
Wherein the control unit increases at least one of the daily sensing amounts when the daily sensing amount is less than the daily recommended amount and decreases the activity amount before a predetermined time of the sleeping time or sleeping recommended time, Generates an alert message to increase or decrease the item corresponding to the time,
The user basic information includes:
Receives directly input from a user, receives it from a paired user terminal,
The notification message includes:
The user is allowed to increase or decrease at least one of the roughing amount and the activity amount,
The step of outputting the notification message to a user includes:
And outputting the notification message to the user in at least one of lighting, sound, and screen display of the lamp,
The sleep management device includes:
Wherein the user is in a wearable form that can be worn on a part of the body of the user. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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