WEARABLE DEVICE OPERABLE TO DETECT AND/OR PREPARE A USER FOR SLEEP
Sleep management apparatus including a wearable device having one or more physiological sensors operably engaged with a body of a user. One or more processors can be communicatively coupled with the wearable device having a memory storing instructions when executed operable to: detect one or more indicators of a bedtime; measure one or more physiological indicators predictive of a ready for sleep condition of the user; suggest, when one or more of the one or more physiological indicators exceed a predetermined threshold, a sleep preparation exercise; and track an effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise.
1 . A sleep management apparatus, comprising:
a wearable device having one or more physiological sensors operably engaged with a body of a user;
one or more processors communicatively coupled with the wearable device, the one or more processors having a memory storing instructions when executed operable to:
detect one or more indicators of a bedtime;
measure one or more physiological indicators predictive of a ready for sleep condition of the user;
suggest, when one or more of the one or more physiological indicators exceed a predetermined threshold, a sleep preparation exercise; and
track an effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise.
2 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more indicators of the bedtime are a location, a time, a user position, ambient light, and/or combinations thereof.
3 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more indicators of the bedtime are associated with one or more context sensors.
4 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the one or more context sensors are a user's phone, a docking station, and/or a smart home device.
5 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise is relative to the one or more physiological indicators of ready for sleep.
6 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise is a sleep quality index tracked during sleep by the one or more physiological sensors.
7 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sleep preparation exercise is adjusted based on the effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise.
8 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physiological sensors are operable to detect one or more of skin temperature, heart rate, heart rate variability, blood pulse volume, blood pressure, and/or perspiration.
9 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physiological indicators of sleep are one or more of skin temperature, heart rate, heart rate variability, blood pulse volume, blood pressure, and/or perspiration.
10 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sleep preparation exercise is a breathing exercise having a predetermined sequence of inhale and/or exhale patterns.
11 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sleep preparation exercise is a meditation exercise.
12 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sleep preparation exercise modifies one or more environmental factors.
13 . The sleep management apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more environmental factors is temperature, noise, and/or ambient light.
14 . A sleep management method, the method comprising:
detecting, via one or more physiological sensors, one or more indicators of a bedtime;
measuring, via the one or more physiological sensors, one or more physiological indicators predictive of a ready for sleep condition of the user;
suggesting, if one or more of the one or more physiological indicators exceed a predetermined threshold, a sleep preparation exercise; and
tracking an effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more indicators of the bedtime are a location, a time, a user position, ambient light, and/or combinations thereof.
16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more indicators of the bedtime are associated with one or more context sensors, wherein the one or more context sensors are a user's phone, a docking station, and/or a smart home device.
17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise is relative to the one or more physiological indicators of ready for sleep.
18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise is a sleep quality index tracked during sleep by the one or more physiological sensors.
19 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the sleep preparation exercise is adjusted based on the effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise.
20 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the sleep preparation exercise modifies one or more environmental factors, wherein the one or more environmental factors is temperature, noise, and/or ambient light.