Controlling device output according to a determined condition of a user
Dynamically controlling output from a device, such as an automated assistant device. Control of the output can be based on, for example, a condition and/or physiological attribute(s) of a user of the device. Various implementations dynamically control the output to improve sleep quality for the user and/or mitigate waste of computational and/or network resources.
1. A method implemented by one or more processors that are incorporated into a computing device or in communication with the computing device, the method comprising:
receiving, from a user, a spoken utterance corresponding to a request for an automated assistant to cause media to be rendered, the media having a fixed duration with a total length of playback time;
in response to receiving the spoken utterance, causing the computing device, from which the automated assistant is accessible, to render the media in furtherance of the media reaching a final point in the total length of the playback time, wherein the computing device provides access to the automated assistant and is located in an environment;
processing, based on the media being rendered and based on the spoken utterance, data that is obtained from one or more sensors located in the environment and/or associated with the user and that characterizes one or more physiological attributes of the user when the user is located in the environment in which the media is being rendered;
determining, based on the processing of the data, that the user has progressed closer to a sleep state or to the sleep state; and
generating, subsequent to receiving the spoken utterance and in response to determining that the user has progressed closer to the sleep state or to the sleep state, a timestamp corresponding to a temporal position, within the total length of the playback time, at which the user progressed closer to the sleep state or to the sleep state during playback of the media.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing the computing device to continue performing playback of the media subsequent to generating the timestamp and determining that the user has progressed closer to the sleep state or to the sleep state.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
subsequent to generating the timestamp and determining that the user has progressed closer to the sleep state or to the sleep state:
processing additional data, obtained from the one or more sensors located in the environment and/or associated with the user, that characterizes the one or more physiological attributes of the user, and
determining, based on processing the additional data, that the user has progressed to the sleep state or to a deeper state of sleep.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
generating, in response to the determining that the user has progressed to the sleep state or to the deeper state of sleep, a separate timestamp corresponding to a separate temporal position, within the total length of playback time, at which the user was determined to have progressed to the sleep state or to the deeper state of sleep.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
causing playback of the media to cease subsequent to determining that the user has progressed to the sleep state or to the deeper state of sleep.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
causing, subsequent to playback of the media ceasing and/or concurrent with the playback of the media ceasing, playback of separate media to be initialized in response to determining that the user has progressed to the sleep state or to the deeper state of sleep.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein one or more characteristics of the playback of the separate media are at least temporarily based on, or shared with, one or more other characteristics of the playback of the media.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more other characteristics includes a volume of audio corresponding to the playback of the media or a level of brightness corresponding to a playback of the media.