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US 8,409,074 · App. 11/663,459 · Granted Apr 2, 2013

Sleeping state improvement system and sleeping state improvement method

Inventors: Junichiro Arai (Kusatsu, JP); Katsuya Miura (Osaka, JP); Takayuki Ishiwata (Kusatsu, JP); Masahiro Tanaka (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,409,074
App. No.
11/663,459
Granted
Apr 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sleeping state improvement system to improve a sleeping state of a user includes a memory device and a control device that comprises a specification unit and a control unit. The memory device can be carried by the user. The specification unit specifies individual attribute information of the user based on individual information. The individual information is information stored in the memory device. The control unit controls an environment during sleep of the user based on the individual attribute information.

Claims (54)

1. A sleeping state improvement system configured to improve a sleeping state of a user, comprising:

a memory device that can be carried by the user from a first place to a second place, the second place being different from the first place, and the first and second places being places where the user sleeps with the first place being a place where the user usually sleeps;

a first detection unit configured to detect biological information of the user and further detect individual attribute information of the user based on the biological information of the user during sleep of the user in the first place, the first detection unit being located in the first place;

a first write-in device configured to write-in the individual attribute information detected by the first detection unit to the memory device in the first place;

a read-out device configured to read out the individual attribute information from the memory device carried to the second place by the user, the read-out device being located in the second place; and

a control unit configured to control an environment in the second place during sleep of the user in the second place based on the individual attribute information read out by the read-out device from the memory device carried to the second place by the user, the control unit being located in the second place,

the memory device being configured to communicate with the first write-in device and the read-out device, the memory device being carryable from the first place to the second place without carrying the first detection unit and the first write-in device from the first place to the second place.

2. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the individual attribute information includes at least one of the following: age, sex, degree of obesity, physical condition, and race of the user.

3. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the biological information includes information regarding at least one of the following: body movement, heartbeat, and breathing of the user.

4. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 3 , wherein

the environment is ambient temperature of the user, and

the control unit gradually lowers the temperature over a first predetermined period of time from sleep onset of the user, and gradually raises the temperature over a second predetermined period of time until sleep offset of the user.

5. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first detection unit detects the individual attribute information by detecting sleep onset of the user and sleep offset of the user based on the biological information, and

the individual attribute information includes at least one of the following: the average sleep duration of the user and the sleep duration of the user during a previous predetermined period of time.

6. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit is further configured to determine that the user has reached sleep onset based on that the read-out device read out of the individual attribute information.

7. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the individual attribute information includes at least one of the following: sleep depth, body temperature, average sleep duration of the user, and sleep duration of the user during a previous predetermined period of time.

8. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit controls the environment during sleep of the user by controlling an air conditioner,

the environment includes an air-conditioned environment, and

the air-conditioned environment includes at least one of the following: temperature of air-conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner, humidity of air-conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner, flow direction of air-conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner, volume of air-conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner, cleanliness of air-conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner, and amount of ventilation provided by the air conditioner.

9. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 1 , further comprising

a second detection unit configured to detect the biological information and further detect sleep onset of the user based on biological information, the second detection unit being located in the second place.

10. A sleeping state improvement system configured to improve a sleeping state of a user, comprising:

a memory device that can be carried by the user from a first place to a second place and configured to store identification information to identify the user, the second place being different from the first place, and the first and second places being places where the user sleeps with the first place being a place where the user usually sleeps;

a first detection unit configured to detect biological information of the user and further detect individual attribute information of the user based on the biological information of the user during sleep of the user in the first place, the first detection unit being located in the first place;

a management device configured to store the individual attribute information detected by the first detection unit and the identification information with the individual attribute information associated with the identification information on the memory device in the first place;

a read-out device configured to read out the identification information from the memory device carried to the second place by the user and further read out the individual attribute information associated with the identification information from the management device, the read-out device being located in the second place; and

a control unit configured to control an environment in the second place during sleep of the user in the second place based on the individual attribute information read out by the read-out device from the memory device carried to the second place by the user, the control unit being located in the second place,

the memory device being configured to communicate with the management device and the read-out device, the memory device being carryable from the first place to the second place without carrying the first detection unit and the management device from the first place to the second place.

11. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 10 , wherein

the read-out device transmits the identification information to the management device via a network and receives the individual attribute information from the management device via the network.

12. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 11 , wherein

the control unit is further configured to determine that the user has reached sleep onset based on that the read-out device received the individual attribute information via the network.

13. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 10 , wherein

the biological information includes information regarding at least one of the following: body movement, heartbeat, and breathing of the user.

14. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 10 , further comprising

a second detection unit configured to detect the biological information and further detect sleep onset of the user based on biological information, the second detection unit being located in the second place.

15. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 10 , wherein

the first detection unit detects the individual attribute information by detecting sleep onset of the user and sleep offset of the user based on the biological information, and

the individual attribute information includes at least one of the following: the average sleep duration of the user and the sleep duration of the user during a previous predetermined period of time.

16. The sleeping state improvement system according to claim 10 , wherein

the control unit is further configured to determine that the user has reached sleep onset based on that the read-out device read out of the individual information.

17. A sleeping state improvement method to improve a sleeping state of a user, the sleeping state improvement method comprising:

providing a memory device that can be carried by the user from a first place to a second place different from the first place, the first and second places being places where the user sleeps with the first place being a place where the user usually sleeps;

detecting biological information of the user and individual attribute information of the user based on the biological information of the user during sleep of the user in the first place using a first detection unit in the first place;

storing the individual attribute information detected by the first detection unit on the memory device in the first place using a first write-in device in the first place;

reading out the individual attribute information from the memory device carried to the second place by the user using a read out device in the second place; and

controlling an environment in the second place during sleep of the user in the second place based on the individual attribute information read out in the second place from the memory device carried to the second place by the user,

the memory device being configured to communicate with the first write-in device and the read-out device, the memory device being carryable from the first place to the second place without carrying the first detection unit and the first write-in device from the first place to the second place.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2007
From: ARAI, JUNICHIRO; MIURA, KATSUYA; ISHIWATA, TAKAYUKI; TANAKA, MASAHIRO
To: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019091/0375 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-291359 · Oct 4, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080146866A1 · Jun 19, 2008