JP2016224479A - Device, method, and program for sleeping management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device, a method, and a program for the sleeping management capable of managing the sleeping in the daytime based on a sleeping state in the night.SOLUTION: A sleeping management device 10 includes: an advice information generation part 22 for acquiring a combination of a plurality of days from a recording part 5 for recording a combination of nighttime state sleeping information showing a state of sleeping performed in the night of an arbitrary day of a user and daytime sleeping state information showing a state of sleeping performed in the daytime of the arbitrary day of the user, and generating advice information about the daytime sleeping of the user based on the acquired combination for the plurality of days; and an output control part 23 for outputting the generated advice information to a display part 6.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a sleep management device, a sleep management method, and a sleep management program.

  In recent years, sleep meters that measure the sleep state of users have been commercialized. Moreover, installing the application program which measures a sleep state in a smart phone and measuring a sleep state with a smart phone are also performed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a health management device that determines a user's sleep state and provides health advice.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a sleep management system that manages a child's entry time. In this sleep management system, a scheduled entry time is set based on the inputted physical information of the child, and the expected entry time is corrected based on the result of measuring and determining the sleep state of the child.

JP 2007-7149 A JP 2007-61285 A

  In nursery schools, there are places where all children are forced to take a nap (daytime sleep). However, by forcing a nap when you do not want to take a nap, the child may not be able to sleep at night, which may hinder the child's growth.

  If advice about sleeping during the daytime can be given, it becomes possible for the child to take good quality sleep at night, but no device or the like for giving such advice has been proposed.

  Patent Document 1 describes using daytime sleep time as an indicator of sleep quality, but does not consider the relationship between daytime sleep and nighttime sleep.

  Patent Document 2 describes managing the child's entry time using the presence or absence of daytime sleep habits as an input. However, it does not advise how to sleep during the daytime to improve the nighttime sleep.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a sleep management device, a sleep management method, and a sleep management program capable of managing daytime sleep so that a good quality sleep can be obtained at night. Objective.

  The sleep management device of the present invention shows nighttime sleep state information indicating the state of sleep performed at night on a user's arbitrary day and the state of sleep performed on the user's day on the arbitrary day. The combination for a plurality of days is acquired from a recording medium that records the combination with the daytime sleep state information, and advice information about the daytime sleep of the user is generated based on the acquired combination for the plurality of days. An advice information generation unit; and an output control unit that outputs the advice information from an output device.

  The sleep management method of the present invention shows night sleep state information indicating the state of sleep performed at night on a user's arbitrary day and the state of sleep performed on the user's day on the arbitrary day. The combination for a plurality of days is acquired from a recording medium that records the combination with the daytime sleep state information, and advice information about the daytime sleep of the user is generated based on the acquired combination for the plurality of days. An advice information generating step; and an output control step of outputting the advice information from an output device.

  The sleep management program of this invention is a program for making a computer perform each step of the said sleep management method.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a sleep management device, a sleep management method, and a sleep management program that can manage daytime sleep so that a good quality sleep can be obtained at night.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the sleep management apparatus 10 for describing one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the functional block implement | achieved by the control part 2 when a processor runs the program recorded on the recording part 5 of the sleep management apparatus 10 of FIG. It is a figure which shows a user's ideal daily action pattern. It is a figure which shows an example of the sleep state information recorded on the recording part. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the sleep management device 10.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sleep management device 10 for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

  The sleep management device 10 may be used by being worn on the user's arm, or may be used by being installed in bedding or a bedroom.

  The sleep management apparatus 10 includes a body motion detection unit 1, a control unit 2 that performs overall control, a communication unit 3, an operation unit 4, and a recording unit that includes a recording medium such as a flash memory or a ROM (Read Only Memory). 5 and a display unit 6 for displaying various information.

  The body motion detection unit 1 includes various sensors such as an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor, and a signal processing unit that processes signals output from the various sensors, and includes information (acceleration, angular velocity, etc.) according to a user's body movement. ) And outputs the detected signal to the control unit 2.

  For example, when the sleep management device 10 is used while being worn on the user's arm, the body motion detection unit 1 detects information corresponding to the movement of the user's arm. Moreover, when the sleep management apparatus 10 is installed and used for bedding, the body motion detection part 1 detects a body motion indirectly from the motion of bedding.

  The control unit 2 is mainly configured by a processor that executes a program recorded in the ROM of the recording unit 5.

  The communication unit 3 is an interface for performing short-range wireless communication with other electronic devices. Short-range wireless communication refers to communication based on a communication standard that allows direct communication between devices without going through a network such as the Internet. As this interface, a communication interface compliant with ANT, a communication interface compliant with Bluetooth (registered trademark), or the like is used.

  The operation unit 4 is a device for inputting various instructions to the control unit 2, and includes a button, a touch panel mounted on the display unit 6, and the like.

  The recording unit 5 records detection information detected by the body movement detection unit 1, records information received via the communication unit 3, and records information necessary for the operation of the sleep management device 10. It is composed of a recording medium and a driver that drives the recording medium.

  The display unit 6 is an output device for outputting various types of information, and is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks realized by the control unit 2 when the processor executes the program recorded in the recording unit 5 of the sleep management apparatus 10 of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 2 includes a sleep state measurement unit 20, a recording control unit 21, an advice information generation unit 22, and an output control unit 23.

  The sleep state measurement unit 20 measures the sleep state of the user based on the detection signal detected by the body motion detection unit 1. The sleep state includes the time when the user starts sleeping (sleep start time), the time when the user sleeps (sleep time), and the quality of sleep of the user.

  Specifically, the sleep state measurement unit 20 calculates the daytime sleep start time and the daytime sleep time (nap time) of the user based on the detection signal detected by the body motion detection unit 1, and sleeps in the daytime. State information.

  Moreover, the sleep state measurement part 20 calculates a user's night sleep start time and night sleep time based on the detection signal detected by the body motion detection part 1, and makes it a night sleep state information.

  Further, the sleep state measurement unit 20 counts the number of times such as turning over during nighttime sleep based on the detection signal detected by the body motion detection unit 1, and determines the quality of sleep according to the number of times. The quality of sleep that has been taken is used as nighttime sleep state information. There are several levels of sleep quality, such as deep sleep (good sleep), normal, and light sleep (bad sleep).

  In this specification, the period from noon to sunset on any day is defined as the daytime on this day. Further, a period from sunset on this arbitrary day to noon on the next day is defined as nighttime on this arbitrary day.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an ideal example of a daily behavior pattern of a child (a nursery school child or a kindergarten child) who needs a nap.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the user is eating at “18:00 (18:00)” after sunset, and is taking a bath at “19:00 (19:00)”. The user starts sleeping at night at “21:00 (21:00)” and gets up at “6:00 (6:00)” on the next day. Furthermore, the user has a meal at “10:00 (10:00)” and has started sleeping in the daytime (nap) at “12:00 (12:00)”. ”).

  The sleep state measurement unit 20 sets “12:00 (12:00)” of the daytime sleep start time and “10:00 (1 hour)” of the daytime sleep time for the user who performs the behavior pattern as shown in FIG. Measured as daytime sleep state information.

  The sleep state measurement unit 20 measures “21:00 (21:00)” of the nighttime sleep start time and “9:00 (9 hours)” of the nighttime sleep time as nighttime sleep state information.

  The sleep state measurement unit 20 measures the quality of sleep at night as night sleep state information based on the detection signal from the body motion detection unit 1 at night.

  The recording control unit 21 in FIG. 2 records the daytime sleep state information and the nighttime sleep state information for the same day measured by the sleep state measurement unit 20 in a recording medium (memory card or the like) included in the recording unit 5. To control.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of sleep state information recorded in the recording unit 5. As shown in FIG. 4, for each date, daytime sleep start time, daytime sleep time, nighttime sleep start time, nighttime sleep time, and nighttime sleep quality are recorded in association with each other.

  In FIG. 4, the nighttime sleep start time corresponding to an arbitrary date is the start time of sleep performed from sunset on this date to noon on the next day of this date.

  The advice information generation unit 22 in FIG. 2 acquires a combination of nighttime sleep state information and daytime sleep state information for a plurality of days (for example, for the latest one week) recorded in the recording unit 5. The advice information generation unit 22 generates advice information about the daytime sleep of the user based on the acquired combination for a plurality of days.

  Specifically, the advice information generation unit 22 calculates a sleep evaluation value for each day based on the acquired nighttime sleep state information for each day, and provides advice on daytime sleep based on the calculated sleep evaluation value. Generate information.

  For example, the advice information generation unit 22 calculates the ratio of the shallow sleep time to the deep sleep time from the nighttime sleep state information corresponding to each day, and sets this ratio as the sleep evaluation value.

  The advice information generation part 22 is good also as a sleep evaluation value as it is the period of deep sleep understood from the night sleep state information corresponding to each day.

  The sleep evaluation value is an index for determining whether or not good quality sleep is performed, and is not limited to these calculation examples, and a well-known index can be used.

  The advice information generation unit 22 extracts a day (a day when a good night sleep is performed) that is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold among the calculated sleep evaluation values for each day, and the daytime sleep state corresponding to the extracted day Advice information is generated using at least one of the information.

  In the case where the extracted date is one, the advice information generation unit 22 sets the daytime sleep start time and daytime sleep time constituting daytime sleep state information corresponding to this day to the daytime sleep start recommended time, respectively. The advice information that is the recommended time of daytime sleep is generated.

  When there are a plurality of days when the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the advice information generation unit 22 averages the daytime sleep start time corresponding to the plurality of days (average daytime sleep start time), The average value of the daytime sleep time corresponding to (average daytime sleep time) is calculated. The advice information generation unit 22 generates advice information with the average daytime sleep start time as the recommended start time for daytime sleep and the average daytime sleep time as the recommended daytime sleep time.

  Alternatively, when there are a plurality of days when the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the advice information generation unit 22 daytime sleep start time and daytime corresponding to the day with the maximum sleep evaluation value among the plurality of days. The sleep information may be generated by selecting the sleep time, setting the selected sleep start time as the recommended start time for daytime sleep, and using the selected sleep time as the recommended time for sleeping in the daytime.

  When the calculated sleep evaluation value for each day is less than the threshold value, the advice information generation unit 22 is based on the daytime sleep start time and the daytime sleep time for which the sleep evaluation value is less than the threshold value. The time zone when it is better not to sleep during the day is analyzed, and advice information is generated from the analysis result.

  For example, the advice information generation unit 22 calculates an average value for the daytime sleep start time of each day when the sleep evaluation value is less than the threshold value, and advises to take a nap while avoiding the time zone including the calculated average time. Generate information.

  Alternatively, the advice information generation unit 22 calculates an average value for the daytime sleep time of each day when the sleep evaluation value is less than the threshold, and generates advice information that advises to take a nap shorter than the calculated average time. Good.

  Alternatively, ideal sleep pattern information (including daytime sleep start time and daytime sleep time) is recorded in the recording unit 5 in advance. And the advice information generation part 22 reads ideal sleep pattern information from the recording part 5, when the sleep evaluation value corresponding to each day becomes less than a threshold value, and the sleep start time of the daytime contained in sleep pattern information The daytime sleep time may be used as advice information.

  The output control unit 23 performs control to output the advice information generated by the advice information generation unit 22 from the display unit 6. As a result, an image corresponding to the advice information is displayed on the display unit 6.

  Operation | movement of the sleep management apparatus 10 comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the sleep management apparatus 10.

  While the sleep management device 10 is turned on and the sleep state measurement instruction is given, the sleep state measurement unit 20 is based on the detection signal from the body motion detection unit 1 and the daytime sleep state information of the user and Measure sleep state information at night. The recording control unit 21 causes the recording unit 5 to record the measured daytime sleep state information and nighttime sleep state information in association with the date.

  Thereby, the recording unit 5 includes, for each date, nighttime sleep state information including nighttime sleep start time, nighttime sleep time, and nighttime sleep quality, and daytime sleep start time and daytime sleep time. A combination with daytime sleep state information is recorded.

  When the user operates the operation unit 4 to give an instruction to request advice about daytime sleep, the advice information generation unit 22 records a combination of nighttime sleep state information and daytime sleep state information for a plurality of days. 5 (step S1).

  In addition, the advice information generation part 22 displays the message which cannot be advised on the display part 6, when the combination for several days is not recorded on the recording part 5. FIG.

  Alternatively, the advice information generation unit 22 generates the nap start time and the nap time included in the ideal sleep pattern information (for example, those illustrated in FIG. 3) recorded in advance in the recording unit 5 as advice information, The process proceeds to step S6.

  After step S1, the advice information generation unit 22 calculates a sleep evaluation value for each day based on the acquired nighttime sleep state information for a plurality of days (step S2).

  The advice information generation unit 22 determines whether there is a day when the sleep evaluation value calculated in step S2 is greater than or equal to the threshold (step S3).

  When the determination in step S3 is YES, the advice information generation unit 22 generates advice information using daytime sleep state information corresponding to the day when the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than the threshold (step S4). The specific method for generating the advice information is as described above.

  When the determination in step S3 is NO, the advice information generation unit 22 generates advice information using the daytime sleep state information corresponding to each day acquired in step S1 (step S5).

  The specific method for generating the advice information is as described above. For example, the advice information generation unit 22 calculates an average value for the daytime sleep time of each day, and generates advice information that advises the user to take a nap shorter than the calculated average time.

  The output control unit 23 causes the display unit 6 to output the advice information generated in step S4 or step S5 (step S6).

  As a result, messages such as “Recommend a nap for 2 hours from 13:00”, “Let's make the nap shorter than usual”, “It is better not to take a nap during this time” Displayed in part 6.

  The advice information output method is not limited to the display on the display unit 6. For example, the advice information may be output by voice using a speaker as an output device.

  As described above, according to the sleep management device 10, it is possible to give advice on daytime sleep to the user based on the sleep state information for a plurality of days of the user. The user can improve sleep at night by adjusting the sleep start time and sleep time during the day according to this advice.

  If the user is a child, it becomes possible to have good quality sleep at night, and the growth of the child can be promoted. In addition, if the user is an adult, it is possible to take an ideal sleep in which growth hormones necessary for recovery of brain and body growth are secreted.

  Note that the functions of the advice information generation unit 22 and the output control unit 23 are deleted from the sleep management device 10, and this function is an electronic device different from the sleep management device 10 (a smartphone or a tablet computer that can communicate with the sleep management device 10). ).

  In this case, the electronic device includes an advice information generation unit 22, an output control unit 23, a communication unit 3, and a display unit 6.

  This electronic device acquires sleep state information recorded in the recording unit 5 of the sleep management device 10 by wireless communication, generates advice information based on the acquired sleep state information, and displays the advice information on the display unit.

  According to this modification, the existing sleep management device 10 can be used as it is, and the manufacturing cost of the device can be reduced and the spread of the device can be promoted.

  In the electronic device, an application program for causing the computer to function as the advice information generation unit 22 and the output control unit 23 can be easily updated. For this reason, it is possible to quickly take measures such as improving the accuracy of advice.

  In the above description, the daytime start timing and the nighttime end timing are set to noon, but the daytime start timing and the nighttime end timing may be any time between 11:00 and 13:00 including 1 hour before and after noon. .

  The daytime end timing and nighttime start timing are set as sunset, but the daytime end timing and nighttime start timing are the period from the earliest sunset time to the latest time of the year. It is good also as arbitrary time.

  Moreover, in the sleep management apparatus 10, you may enable it to set said arbitrary time manually. Accordingly, daytime and nighttime can be set according to the life of the user, and accurate sleep support can be performed.

  A program for causing a computer to execute each step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 or a program for causing a computer to function as each functional block of FIG. 2 is not temporary (non-readable) by the computer. -Transparency) can be recorded on a recording medium and provided.

  Such “computer-readable recording medium” includes, for example, an optical medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-ROM), a magnetic recording medium such as a memory card, and the like. Such a program can also be provided by downloading via a network.

  It should be thought that embodiment disclosed this time is an illustration and restrictive at no points. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  As described above, the following items are disclosed in this specification.

  The disclosed sleep management device indicates night sleep state information indicating a state of sleep performed at night on a user's arbitrary day, and indicates a state of sleep performed on the user's day in the arbitrary day The combination for a plurality of days is acquired from a recording medium that records the combination with the daytime sleep state information, and advice information about the daytime sleep of the user is generated based on the acquired combination for the plurality of days. An advice information generation unit; and an output control unit that outputs the advice information from an output device.

  In the disclosed sleep management device, the advice information generation unit is configured to generate at least one of the daytime sleep state information on a day when a nighttime sleep evaluation value based on the nighttime sleep state information is equal to or greater than a threshold value from the combination of the plurality of days. The advice information is generated using one of them.

  In the disclosed sleep management device, the daytime sleep state information includes a sleep start time and a sleep time, and the advice information generation unit is included in daytime sleep state information on a day when the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value. The average value of the sleep start time is the recommended start time for daytime sleep, and the average sleep time included in the daytime sleep state information on the day when the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than the threshold is the recommended daytime sleep time. Advice information is generated.

  In the disclosed sleep management device, the daytime sleep state information includes a sleep start time and a sleep time, and the advice information generation unit is configured such that the sleep evaluation value of the day when the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value. Select the daytime sleep state information on the day when the daytime becomes the maximum, the sleep start time included in the selected daytime sleep state information as the recommended start time for daytime sleep, and the sleep time included in the selected daytime sleep state information The advice information is generated as the recommended time of daytime sleep.

  The disclosed sleep management device includes a sleep state measurement unit that measures the sleep state of the user, and a night state that indicates a sleep state performed at night on any day of the user measured by the sleep state measurement unit A recording control unit that records sleep state information in association with daytime sleep state information indicating the state of sleep performed in the daytime of the user's day measured by the sleep state measurement unit in the recording medium Are further provided.

  The disclosed sleep management method indicates night sleep state information indicating a state of sleep performed at night on a user's arbitrary day, and indicates a state of sleep performed on the user's day in the arbitrary day The combination for a plurality of days is acquired from a recording medium that records the combination with the daytime sleep state information, and advice information about the daytime sleep of the user is generated based on the acquired combination for the plurality of days. An advice information generating step; and an output control step of outputting the advice information from an output device.

  The disclosed sleep management program is a program for causing a computer to execute each step of the sleep management method.

2 Control Unit 6 Display Unit 10 Sleep Management Device 20 Sleep State Measurement Unit 21 Recording Control Unit 22 Advice Information Generation Unit 23 Output Control Unit

Claims (7)

A combination of nighttime sleep state information indicating the state of sleep performed at night on a user's arbitrary day and daytime sleep state information indicating the state of sleep performed on the user's day on the arbitrary day. An advice information generating unit that acquires the combination for a plurality of days from a recording medium to be recorded, and generates advice information about the daytime sleep of the user based on the acquired combination for the plurality of days;
A sleep management apparatus comprising: an output control unit that outputs the advice information from an output device. The sleep management device according to claim 1,
The advice information generation unit uses the combination of the plurality of days to obtain the advice information using at least one of the daytime sleep state information on a day when a nighttime sleep evaluation value based on the nighttime sleep state information is greater than or equal to a threshold value. A sleep management device to generate. The sleep management device according to claim 2,
The daytime sleep state information includes a sleep start time and a sleep time,
The advice information generation unit sets an average value of sleep start times included in daytime sleep state information on a day when the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value as a recommended start time for daytime sleep, and the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value. The sleep management apparatus which produces | generates the advice information which made the average value of the time of sleep contained in the daytime sleep state information of a certain day the recommendation time of daytime sleep. The sleep management device according to claim 2,
The daytime sleep state information includes a sleep start time and a sleep time,
The advice information generation unit selects daytime sleep state information on a day on which the sleep evaluation value is maximum among days on which the sleep evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and starts sleep included in the selected daytime sleep state information. A sleep management device that generates advice information with a time as a recommended start time for daytime sleep and a sleep time included in the selected daytime sleep state information as a recommended daytime sleep time. The sleep management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A sleep state measurement unit for measuring the sleep state of the user;
Nighttime sleep state information indicating the state of sleep performed at night of a user's arbitrary day measured by the sleep state measurement unit, and daytime of the user's arbitrary day measured by the sleep state measurement unit A sleep management apparatus, further comprising: a recording control unit that associates and records in the recording medium daytime sleep state information indicating a state of sleep performed in the first step. A combination of nighttime sleep state information indicating the state of sleep performed at night on a user's arbitrary day and daytime sleep state information indicating the state of sleep performed on the user's day on the arbitrary day. An advice information generation step of acquiring the combination for a plurality of days from a recording medium to be recorded, and generating advice information about the user's daytime sleep based on the acquired combination for the plurality of days;
An output control step of outputting the advice information from an output device.   The sleep management program for making a computer perform each step of Claim 6.

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