Interface for a system and method for evaluating task effectiveness based on sleep pattern
View Patent ↗An interface for a system and method for evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on his/her preceding or predicted sleep pattern is provided. The interface allows a user to use actual sleep data or predicted sleep data to produce predictions of the task effectiveness of a person to perform a particular task. The predictions may be in tabular, graphical, or tabular and graphical format. The interface may also represent the effectiveness of a user based on the actual or predicted sleep data in conjunction with an actual or predicted work schedule or pattern. The results can be correlated to sunlight in the user's location, and can also account for changes in the users location (transmeridian shifts), sunlight during the user's sleep cycle (shift work), and other schedule modifying events.
1. A method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, said method performed by a computer system having the graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a first schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance on said first schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the first schedule; and
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, said second schedule different from said first schedule, wherein the second schedule is based on a recalculated measure of task performance responsive to the entered parameter,
wherein entering a parameter comprises entering event information indicating the individual has been administered a fatigue intervention drug.
2. A method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, said method performed by a computer system having the graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a first schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance on said first schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the first schedule; and
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, said second schedule different from said first schedule, wherein the second schedule is based on a recalculated measure of task performance responsive to the entered parameter,
wherein entering a parameter comprises entering event information corresponding to an aircraft takeoff or landing.
3. A method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, said method performed by a computer system having the graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a first schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance on said first schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the first schedule; and
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, said second schedule different from said first schedule, wherein the second schedule is based on a recalculated measure of task performance responsive to the entered parameter,
wherein entering a parameter comprises entering event information corresponding to a travel waypoint.
4. A method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, said method performed by a computer system having the graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a first schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of future task performance on said first schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the first schedule; and
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, said second schedule different from said first schedule, wherein the second schedule is based on a recalculated measure of future task performance responsive to the entered parameter,
wherein entering a parameter comprises editing a sleep and work interval.
5. A method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, said method performed by a computer system having the graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of future task performance, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data; and
(iv) displaying a circadian phase across the schedule.
6. A computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions to perform a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual; (ii) displaying a first schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance on said first schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the first schedule; and
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, said second schedule different from said first schedule, wherein the second schedule is based on a recalculated measure of task performance responsive to the entered parameter,
wherein entering a parameter comprises entering event information indicating the individual has been administered a fatigue intervention drug.
7. A computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions to perform a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a first schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance on said first schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the first schedule; and
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, said second schedule different from said first schedule, wherein the second schedule is based on a recalculated measure of task performance responsive to the entered parameter,
wherein entering a parameter comprises entering event information corresponding to an aircraft takeoff or landing.
8. A computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions to perform a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a first schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance on said first schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the first schedule; and
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, said second schedule different from said first schedule, wherein the second schedule is based on a recalculated measure of task performance responsive to the entered parameter,
wherein entering a parameter comprises entering event information corresponding to a travel waypoint.
9. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the displayed schedule;
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, wherein the second schedule includes a recalculated measure of task performance responsive to the entered parameter; and
(vi) iteratively repeating steps (iv)-(v) until a peak effectiveness of the individual at a predetermined future time is determined.
10. A method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, said method performed by computer system having the graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) based on the received sleep pattern data, determining the sleep pattern data for a future time period to effect a desired change in a projected phase of a circadian rhythm of the individual at a predetermined future time, wherein a rate of phase change is dependent on location and sunlight information;
(iii) displaying a schedule comprising the predetermined future time based on the adjusted sleep pattern data; and
(iv) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance for a time period corresponding to the displayed schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the adjusted sleep pattern data and the circadian rhythm.
11. A computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions to perform a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual; (ii) based on the received sleep pattern data, determining the sleep pattern data for a future time period to effect a desired change in a projected phase of a circadian rhythm of the individual at a predetermined future time, wherein a rate of phase change is dependent on location and sunlight information; Image Page 8
(iii) displaying a schedule comprising the predetermined future time based on the adjusted sleep pattern data; and
(iv) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance for a time period corresponding to the displayed schedule, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the adjusted sleep pattern data.
12. A computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions to perform a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a person to perform a task based on a sleep pattern using a graphical user interface, comprising the steps of:
(i) receiving sleep pattern data for an individual;
(ii) displaying a schedule based on the sleep pattern data;
(iii) calculating and displaying a measure of task performance, wherein the measure is based at least in part on the received sleep pattern data;
(iv) entering a parameter affecting the displayed schedule;
(v) displaying a second schedule for the individual, wherein the second schedule includes a recalculated measure of task performance responsive to the entered parameter; and
(vi) iteratively repeating steps (iv)-(v) until a peak effectiveness of the individual at a predetermined future time is determined.