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US 9,936,915 · App. 14/367,556 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Sleep display program, sleep display method, and sleep display device

Inventors: Yasuko Emori (Kyoto, JP); Yoko Kanemitsu (Kyoto, JP); Fumihiko Nakamura (Kyoto, JP); Feilang Tseng (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
A61B5/4815A61B5/742A61B5/4812
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Patent No.
US 9,936,915
App. No.
14/367,556
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a sleep display program, a sleep display method, and a sleep display device for visualizing an internal clock regarding sleep. The sleep display program is a program for displaying, in a display unit, sleep state data of a user that has been measured and recorded by a sleep evaluation device, the data including at least a wakeup time T W and a bedtime T Z , and the program including a step of obtaining the data from the sleep evaluation device, a step of displaying, in the display unit, a 24-hour circular time display image divided into time periods that each indicate a predetermined span of time, and a step of plotting, on the time periods in the time display image, a set number of days' worth of records of the wakeup times T W and the bedtimes T Z included in the data.

Claims (36)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a sleep display program for displaying, in a display unit, sleep state data of a user that has been measured and recorded by a sleep evaluation device, the data including at least a wakeup time T W and a bedtime T Z , and the program comprising:

a step of obtaining the data from the sleep evaluation device;

a step of displaying, in the display unit, an image comprising a 24-hour circular time display image of a 24-hour time span that is divided into a plurality of time sections, each section of the plurality of time sections indicating a time span of a predetermined number of minutes, said each section being configured to record the wakeup time in a first color and the bedtime in a second color wherein:

the brightness of one color of the first color or the second color is at a first brightness level for a first instance of recording at a location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image,

the brightness of the one color is at a second brightness level, which is greater than the first brightness level, for a second instance of recording, which is subsequent to the first instance of recording, at the location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image, which is a same location as the location where the first instance is recorded, and

the brightness of the one color is at a third brightness level, which is greater than the second brightness level, for a third instance of recording, which is subsequent to the second instance of recording, at the location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image, which is a same location as the location where the second instance is recorded; and

a step of plotting, on the time periods in the 24-hour circular time display image of the 24-hour time span, records of the wakeup times T W and the bedtimes T Z for a plurality of days included in the data such that the user can visualize variations in the wakeup times T W and the bedtimes T Z for the plurality of days,

wherein the records are displayed visually in the 24-hour circular time display image of the 24-hour time span in association with an area, number, or color of a graphic or a combination thereof.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , the program further comprising:

a step of inputting a subjective impression of the quality of the user's sleep after waking as a graded sleep evaluation index; and

a step of visually displaying a result of the input in association with an area, number, or color of a graphic or a combination thereof.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , the program further comprising:

a step of visually displaying a cumulative value of the sleep evaluation index from a point in the past to the present.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the data includes a planned wakeup time T S , the program further comprising:

a step of displaying, in the 24-hour circular time display image of the 24-hour time span, a recommended bedtime period T ZZ set to a certain amount of time after a most recent planned wakeup time T S .

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 4 ,

wherein an end time of the recommended bedtime period does not exceed a pre-set time.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , the program further comprising:

a step of displaying, in the 24-hour circular time display image of the 24-hour time span, a recommended wakeup time period T ZW calculated based on one of an average of planned wakeup times set in the past and the latest planned wakeup time that is currently set.

7. A sleep display device in which is installed the sleep display program according to claim 1 .

8. A sleep display device for displaying, in a display unit, sleep state data of a user that has been measured and recorded by a sleep evaluation device, the data including at least a wakeup time T W and a bedtime T Z , and the sleep display device comprising:

a means for obtaining the data from the sleep evaluation device;

a means for displaying, in the display unit, an image comprising a 24-hour circular time display image of a 24-hour time span that is divided into a plurality of time sections, each section of the plurality of time sections indicating a time span of a predetermined number of minutes, said each section being configured to record the wakeup time in a first color and the bedtime in a second color wherein:

the brightness of one color of the first color or the second color is at a first brightness level for a first instance of recording at a location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image,

the brightness of the one color is at a second brightness level, which is greater than the first brightness level, for a second instance of recording, which is subsequent to the first instance of recording, at the location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image, which is a same location as the location where the first instance is recorded, and

the brightness of the one color is at a third brightness level, which is greater than the second brightness level, for a third instance of recording, which is subsequent to the second instance of recording, at the location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image, which is a same location as the location where the second instance is recorded; and

a means for plotting, on the time periods in the 24-hour circular time display image of the 24-hour time span records of the wakeup times T W and the bedtimes T Z for a plurality of days included in the data such that the user can visualize variations in the wakeup times T W and the bedtimes T Z for the plurality of days,

wherein the records are displayed visually in the 24-hour circular time display image of the 24-hour time span in association with an area, number, or color of a graphic or a combination thereof.

9. A sleep display method for displaying, in a display unit, sleep state data of a user that has been measured and recorded by a sleep evaluation device, the data including at least a wakeup time T W and a bedtime T Z , and the method comprising:

a step of obtaining the data from the sleep evaluation device;

a step of displaying, in the display unit, an image comprising a 24-hour circular time display image of a 24-hour time span that is divided into a plurality of time sections, each section of the plurality of time sections indicating a time span of a predetermined number of minutes, said each section being configured to record the wakeup time in a first color and the bedtime in a second color wherein:

the brightness of one color of the first color or the second color is at a first brightness level for a first instance of recording at a location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image,

the brightness of the one color is at a second brightness level, which is greater than the first brightness level, for a second instance of recording, which is subsequent to the first instance of recording, at the location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image, which is a same location as the location where the first instance is recorded, and

the brightness of the one color is at a third brightness level, which is greater than the second brightness level, for a third instance of recording, which is subsequent to the second instance of recording, at the location on the plurality of time sections of the 24-hour circular time display image, which is a same location as the location where the second instance is recorded; and

a step of plotting, on the time periods in the 24-hour circular time display image of the 24-hour time span, records of the wakeup times T W and the bedtimes T Z for a plurality of days included in the data such that the user can visualize variations in the wakeup times T W and the bedtimes T Z for the plurality of days,

wherein the records are displayed visually in the 24-hour circular time display image of the 24-hour time span in association with an area, number, or color of a graphic or a combination thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2014
From: EMORI, YASUKO; KANEMITSU, YOKO; NAKAMURA, FUMIHIKO; TSENG, FEILANG
To: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-010513 · Jan 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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