KR20170074364A

KR20170074364A - Apparatus and method for providing sleep guide

Info

Publication number: KR20170074364A
Application number: KR1020150183525A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이덕기; 한미선; 김아람; 이진호; 정재하; 전성곤; 이종호
Original assignee: 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2015-12-22
Filing date: 2015-12-22
Publication date: 2017-06-30

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sleep guide providing apparatus and method capable of providing a personalized sleep guide message, including a sleep measuring unit for sensing a user's sleep state and a sleep environment and measuring a user's individual sleep pattern, And a digital device for displaying a personalized sleep guide message based on the user's personal information, wherein the sleep guide message providing unit generates a personalized sleep guide message from the sleep measuring unit, The personal sleeping pattern information according to the user's age and physical condition is collected based on the received personal information of the user, and the personal sleeping pattern information of the user and the collected personal sleeping pattern information are collected, By comparing the general sleep pattern information, Generating a guide message may be sent to the digital device.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SLEEP GUIDE [0002]

The present invention relates to a sleep guide providing apparatus and method capable of providing a personalized sleep guide message.

A terminal can be divided into a mobile terminal (mobile / portable terminal) and a stationary terminal according to whether the terminal can be moved. The mobile terminal can be divided into a handheld terminal and a vehicle mount terminal according to whether the user can directly carry the mobile terminal.

Such a terminal has various functions, for example, in the form of a multimedia device having multiple functions such as photographing and photographing of a moving picture, reproduction of a music or video file, reception of a game and broadcasting, etc. .

In order to support and enhance the functionality of such terminals, it may be considered to improve the structural and / or software parts of the terminal.

In recent years, functions for providing sleep guide information of a user by controlling user's sleep measurement and sleep environment creation are added to the mobile terminal.

However, since existing mobile terminals do not take into consideration the personal situation or state of the user when providing the sleep guide information, there are many errors in the sleep guide information provided to the individual user and the reliability has been reduced.

In addition, when the user's personal sleeping habits are wrong, the reliability of the sleeping-guide information provided by the mobile terminal is lowered.

Therefore, in the future, development of a sleep guide providing apparatus that provides a personalized sleep guide and a coaching service in consideration of the personal situation and environment of the user is required.

The present invention is directed to solving the above-mentioned problems and other problems. Another object of the present invention is to provide a user environment capable of providing a personalized sleep guide message of a user by comparing the personal sleep pattern information of the user with the general sleep pattern information.

Another object is to provide a user environment capable of controlling the digital device to the sleep mode when the user is in the sleep state and releasing the sleep mode of the digital device when the user is awake.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

The sleep guide providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sleep measuring unit for sensing a user's sleep state and a sleep environment and measuring a user's personal sleep pattern, A sleep guide message providing unit for generating a personalized sleep guide message and a digital device for displaying a personalized sleep guide message, wherein the sleep guide message providing unit receives the personal sleeping pattern information from the sleep measuring unit, Upon receipt of the user's personal information from the device, general sleep pattern information according to the user's age and body condition is collected based on the personal information of the received user, and the user's personal sleep pattern information is compared with the collected general sleep pattern information And generates a personalized sleep guide message of the user, Throw can be transferred.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sleep guide providing method comprising: receiving a personalized sleep guide message request from a digital device; requesting a user's personal information from the digital device; Collecting general sleep pattern information according to the user's age and body condition based on the received personal information of the user when the user is received; measuring the user's sleeping pattern by sensing the user's sleep state and sleep environment; Comparing the measured personal sleep pattern information with the collected general sleep pattern information to generate a personalized sleep guide message of the user, and transmitting the generated personalized sleep guide message to the digital device have.

Effects of the apparatus and method for providing a sleeping guide according to the present invention will be described as follows.

According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the personal sleep pattern information of the user is compared with the general sleep pattern information to provide the personalized sleep guide message of the user, and the sleep habits of the user can be optimally improved have.

According to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, when the user is in the sleep state, the digital device can be controlled to the sleep mode, and when the user is in the awake state, the sleep mode of the digital device can be released, It is possible to provide a sleeping environment.

Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and specific examples, such as the preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art.

1 and 2 are views schematically showing an apparatus for providing a sleeping guide according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the sleep measuring unit of FIG. 2. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a view showing the user's sleep pattern information measured from the sleep measuring unit of FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view showing the sleeping environment information of the user measured from the sleeping measurement unit of FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the sleeping guide providing unit of FIG. 2. FIG.
7 is a view showing a personalized sleep guide message displayed on a digital device.
8 to 13 are diagrams for explaining a process of providing a coaching message according to sleeping information of a user.
14 to 16 are diagrams for explaining a process of providing a coaching message according to a user's sleeping environment information.
17 is a block diagram showing a sleep measuring unit for controlling the sleep mode of the digital device.
18 is a diagram showing a notification blocking message according to the sleep mode control of the digital device.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a notification release message according to the sleep mode release of the digital device. FIG.
20 to 24 are flowcharts for explaining a sleep guide providing method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to designate identical or similar elements, and redundant description thereof will be omitted. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted when it is determined that the gist of the embodiments disclosed herein may be blurred. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. , &Lt; / RTI > equivalents, and alternatives.

Terms including ordinals, such as first, second, etc., may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited to these terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the present application, the terms "comprises", "having", and the like are used to specify that a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

The mobile terminal described in this specification includes a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation device, a slate PC A tablet PC, an ultrabook, a wearable device such as a smartwatch, a smart glass, and a head mounted display (HMD). have.

However, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may be applied to fixed terminals such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, a digital signage, and the like, will be.

1 and 2 are views schematically showing an apparatus for providing a sleeping guide according to the present invention.

1 and 2, the sleep guide providing apparatus of the present invention may include a sleep measuring unit 200, a sleep guide message providing unit 300, and a digital device 400.

Here, the sleep measuring unit 200 can measure the individual sleep pattern of the user 100 by sensing the sleep state and the sleeping environment of the user 100.

For example, the sleep measuring unit 200 may include a communication unit for transmitting the personal sleeping pattern information of the user 100, a sensing unit for sensing the sleep state and the sleeping environment of the user 100, A sleep pattern analyzing unit for analyzing the user's personal sleep pattern based on the signal processed data, and a controller for controlling the communication unit, the sensing unit, the data processing unit, and the sleep pattern analyzing unit.

The sensing unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 includes a sleep sensing unit for sensing the movement and sound of the user along with the water surface and an environment sensing unit for sensing the illuminance, noise, temperature, humidity, and dust according to the user's sleeping place can do.

The data processing unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 filters the noise of the data signal sensed from the sensing unit, processes the noise-filtered data signal, normalizes the signal-processed data signal, Features can be extracted.

In addition, the sleep pattern analyzing unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 may calculate the sleep state information of the user including the user's sleeping phase, sleeping time, face time, sleep quality, snoring and apnea information based on the signal- , The sleep environment information including the illuminance, noise, temperature, humidity, and dust information according to the user's sleeping position can be extracted and the user's personal sleeping pattern can be analyzed.

In some cases, the sleep pattern analyzing unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 can separate the sleeping step of the user into the sleeping step, the shallow sleeping step, and the deep sleeping step at the time of extracting the sleeping state information of the user.

The control unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 controls the digital device 400 in the sleep mode when the user 100 is in the sleep state and the sleep mode of the digital device 400 when the user 100 is in the sleep state. Can be released.

For example, the controller of the sleep measuring unit 200 may check whether the user 100 is in the sleep state, and if the user 100 is in the sleep state, And transmits the remote control request signal to the communicatable digital device 400 and receives the remote control approval signal from the communicatable digital device 400 to control the communicatable digital device 400 to the sleep mode have.

The control unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 searches for the function of the digital device 400 when the digital device 400 is controlled in the sleep mode and confirms whether the digital device 400 has a sleeping environment control function And can control the sleeping environment control function of the digital device 400 when the sleeping environment control function is provided.

The control unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 may control the sleeping environment adjustment function of the digital device 400 or change the personal sleeping pattern information of the user 100 according to a preset value preset by the user 100. [ It is possible to control the sleeping environment adjustment function of the digital device 400 according to the calculated value calculated on the basis of the calculated value.

The control unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 may control at least one of the light conditioner, the speaker conditioner, the temperature conditioner, the humidity conditioner, and the dust conditioner of the digital device 400 when controlling the sleeping environment adjusting function of the digital device 400 You can control one.

The controller of the sleeping unit 200 checks whether the digital device 400 has a sleeping surface control function or not if there is no sleeping surface control function, If there is a sleep disturb function of the digital device 400, the sleep interrupting function of the digital device can be blocked.

At this time, when the sleep surface interference function of the digital device 400 is blocked, the controller of the sleep surface measurement unit 200 may block the notification function of the digital device 400 or block the sound playback function.

For example, when the user 100 is in a rising state, the control unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 cancels the notification function of the blocked multifunction device and displays the received notification message while the notification function is blocked 400 may be controlled.

Alternatively, if the user 100 is in a wake-up state, the control unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 may cancel the sound playback function of the blocked multifunction device 400, The digital device 400 can be controlled.

The controller of the sleep measuring unit 200 checks whether there is a loss of data received by the digital device 400 when the sleep interrupting function of the digital device 400 is interrupted, The controller 400 may control the digital device 400 to store data received while blocking the sleep interception function of the memory 400.

Here, the control unit of the sleep measuring unit 200 can control the digital device 400 to display the stored data while the user 100 is in the awake state while blocking the sleep interrupting function of the digital device 400 .

On the other hand, the sleep guide message providing unit 300 receives the personal sleeping pattern information 201 measured from the sleep measuring unit 200 and the personal information 401 of the user 100 received from the digital device 400, And may be a server capable of generating a personalized sleep guide message.

Here, the sleep guide message providing unit 300 receives the personal sleeping pattern information 201 from the sleep measuring unit 200 and receives the user's personal information 401 from the digital device 400, Personal sleep pattern information according to the user's age and physical condition is collected based on the personal information 401 of the user and the personal sleep pattern information of the user is compared with the collected general sleep pattern information, 301 to the digital device 400. The digital device 400 may be a digital device.

The sleep guide message providing unit 300 includes a communication unit for receiving the personal sleeping pattern information 201 from the sleep measuring unit 200 and receiving personal information of the user from the digital device 400, A database for collecting and storing personal information and personal sleep pattern information and collecting and storing general sleep pattern information according to each age and body condition of the user and a database for storing general sleep pattern information according to the age and physical condition of the user, A personalized sleep analyzer for searching the pattern information, for comparing the personal sleep pattern information of the user with the collected general sleep pattern information to generate a personalized sleep guide message of the user, and a communication unit, a database and a personalized sleep analyzer , And transmits the created personalized sleep guide message to the digital device through the communication unit It can include fishermen.

Here, the control unit of the sleep guide message providing unit 300 requests personal information of the user to the digital device 400 when the personalized sleep guide message request is received from the digital device 400, When the personal information 401 of the user is received, the corresponding personalized sleep guide message 301 can be transmitted to the digital device 400 providing the user's personal information 401. [

When transmitting the personalized sleep guide message 301, the sleep guide message providing unit 300 transmits the personalized sleep guide message 301 (corresponding to the personalized sleep guide message 301) to the digital device 400 that has provided the user's personal information 401 ). &Lt; / RTI >

For example, the user's personal information 401 may include gender information, age information, weight information, height information, living area information, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index information, Epworth Sleeoiness Scale information, and Insomnia Severity Index information.

In addition, for example, the user's personalized sleep guide message 301 includes greeting, usage guide, general information including alarm time, sleep time, face time, shallow sleep time, snoring, And sleep environment information including sleeping information, temperature, humidity, fine dust, and environment comprehensive information.

Next, the digital device 400 may display a personalized sleep guide message provided from the sleep guide message provider 300.

The digital device 400 of the present invention may be any device that performs at least one of transmitting, receiving, processing, and outputting data, content, service, Device.

The digital device 400 can be paired or connected (hereinafter referred to as "pairing") with another digital device, an external server, or the like through a wire / wireless network, Data can be transmitted / received.

At this time, if necessary, the data may be appropriately converted before the transmission / reception.

The digital device 400 may be connected to a fixed device such as a network TV, HBBTV, Smart TV, IPTV, PC, a mobile device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) 410, a Smart Phone 420, a Smart Watch 430, a Tablet PC, a Notebook, handheld devices may all be included.

In addition, the sleep measuring unit 200, the sleep guide message providing unit 300, and the digital device 400 may be connected to each other via a wired / wireless network.

Here, the wired / wireless network refers to a communication network that supports various communication standards or protocols for pairing and / or data transmission / reception between digital devices or an external server and an external server.

Such a wired / wireless network includes all of the communication networks to be supported by the standard now or in the future, and is capable of supporting one or more communication protocols therefor.

Such a wired / wireless network includes, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus), a Composite Video Banking Sync (CVBS), a Component, an S-Video (Analog), a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) (Bluetooth), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), and the like for a wired connection, (WiBro), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), LTE / A long term evolution (LTE-A), and Wi-Fi direct, and a communication standard or protocol for the network.

In addition, when the term is simply referred to as a digital device in this specification, the meaning may mean a fixed device or a mobile device depending on the context, and may be used to mean both, unless specifically stated otherwise.

On the other hand, the digital device is an intelligent device that supports, for example, a broadcast receiving function, a computer function or a support, at least one external input, and the like. The digital device includes e-mail, web browsing, Banking, game, application, and so on. In addition, the digital device may have an interface for supporting at least one input or control means (hereinafter, 'input means') such as a handwriting input device, a touch-screen, .

In addition, the digital device can use a standardized general-purpose OS (Operating System), but in particular, the digital device described in this specification uses the Web OS as an embodiment. Therefore, a digital device can handle adding, deleting, amending, and updating various services or applications on a general-purpose OS kernel or a Linux kernel. And through which a more user-friendly environment can be constructed and provided.

Meanwhile, the above-described digital device can receive and process an external input. The external input is connected to an external input device, that is, the digital device, through the wired / wireless network, Input means or digital device. For example, the external input may be a game device such as a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a playstation or an X-Box, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a pocket photo devices such as digital cameras, printing devices, smart TVs, Blu-ray device devices and the like.

In addition, the term "server" as used herein refers to a digital device or system that supplies data to or receives data from a digital device, that is, a client, and may be referred to as a processor do. The server may include a portal server for providing a web page, a web content or a web service, an advertising server for providing advertising data, A content server providing content, an SNS server providing a social network service (SNS), a service server provided by a manufacturer, a video on demand (VoD) service or a streaming service And a service server that provides a Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) and a pay service, for example.

In addition, in the following description for convenience of explanation, only the application is described in the context of the present invention, and the meaning may include not only the application but also the service based on the context and the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the sleep measuring unit of FIG. 2. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the sleep measuring unit 200 may measure the individual sleep pattern of the user 100 by sensing the sleep state and the sleeping environment of the user 100.

For example, the sleep measuring unit 200 may include a sensing unit 210, a data processing unit 220, a sleep pattern analysis unit 230, a communication unit 240, and a control unit 250.

Here, the sensing unit 210 may sense the user's sleeping state and the sleeping environment.

For example, the sensing unit 210 may include a surface sensing unit 212 sensing a user's movement and sound according to the surface of the water, an environmental sensing unit 212 sensing ambient light, noise, temperature, humidity, (214).

Here, the sleeping sensing unit 212 may include a motion sensor that senses the user's movement along the water surface using a radar or the like, and a sound sensor that senses the user's sound according to the water surface using a microphone or the like.

The environment sensing unit 214 may include an ambient light sensor for sensing the illuminance according to the user's sleeping place, a noise sensor for sensing noise according to the user's sleeping place, a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature according to the user's sleeping place, A humidity sensor for sensing the humidity according to the sleeping place of the user, a dust sensor for sensing the dust according to the user's sleeping position, and the like.

Then, the data processing unit 220 may process the sensed data signal from the sensing unit 210.

Here, the data processing unit 220 includes a filter unit for filtering the noise of the data signal sensed by the sensing unit 210, a signal processing unit for signal-processing the noise-filtered data signal, And an extracting unit for extracting a motion feature and a sound feature of the input image.

Next, the sleep pattern analyzing unit 230 can analyze the user's individual sleep pattern based on the signal-processed data.

Here, the sleep pattern analyzing unit 230 calculates the sleep state information of the user including the sleep phase of the user, the sleep time, the face time, the quality of the sleep, the snoring and the apnea information based on the signal processed data, The sleep environment information including the illuminance, noise, temperature, humidity, and dust information according to the sleeping position can be extracted and the user's personal sleeping pattern can be analyzed.

In some cases, the sleep pattern analyzing unit 230 can separate the sleeping step of the user into the sleeping step, the shallow sleeping step, and the deep sleeping step at the time of extracting the sleeping state information of the user.

Then, the communication unit 240 may transmit the personal sleep pattern information of the user to the sleep guide message providing unit.

Here, the communication unit 240 may communicate with external devices such as the sleep guide message providing unit 300 and the digital device 400, and may transmit / receive data using various protocols.

The communication unit 240 can also connect to a network by wire or wireless and send / receive digital data such as contents.

For example, the communication unit 240 may include a wireless Internet module, a local area communication module, a location information module, and the like.

Here, the wireless Internet module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or enclosed in the sleep measuring unit 200.

The wireless Internet module is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a communication network according to wireless Internet technologies.

Wireless Internet technologies include, for example, wireless LAN (WLAN), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) Direct, DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), WiBro Interoperability for Microwave Access, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) And Internet technologies not listed in the Internet.

The wireless Internet module for performing a wireless Internet connection through a mobile communication network includes a mobile communication terminal, a mobile communication terminal, a mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal is connected to the mobile communication network through WiBro, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, LTE- It may be understood as a kind of module.

The short-range communication module is for short-range communication, and includes Bluetooth ™, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), UWB (Ultra Wideband), ZigBee, NFC Field Communication, Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, and Wireless USB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus) technology.

The short-range communication module may be provided between the sleep measuring unit 200 and the wireless communication system, between the sleep measuring unit 200 and the digital device, or between the sleep measuring unit 200 and the digital device Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > network. &Lt; / RTI >

The short-range wireless communication network may be a short-range wireless personal area network.

The position information module is a module for acquiring the position (or current position) of the sleep measuring unit 200, and representative examples thereof include a Global Positioning System (GPS) module or a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) module.

For example, when the GPS module is used, the sleep measuring unit 200 can obtain the position of the sleep measuring unit 200 using a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite.

As another example, when the Wi-Fi module is utilized, the sleep measuring unit 200 may be configured to measure the sleeping position of the sleeping unit 200 (200) based on information of a wireless access point (AP) Can be obtained.

If necessary, the location information module may replace or additionally perform any of the other modules of the communication unit 240 to obtain data relating to the position of the sleep measuring unit 200.

The position information module is a module used for obtaining the position (or the current position) of the sleep measuring unit 200 and is not limited to a module for directly calculating or acquiring the position of the sleep measuring unit 200. [

In one embodiment, the communication unit 240 may transmit user sleep pattern information of the sleep measuring unit 200 to an external server, which is a digital device or a sleep guide message providing unit.

In another embodiment, the communication unit 240 can transmit a control signal to the digital device.

A haptic module generates various tactile effects that a user can feel.

A typical example of a haptic effect generated by a haptic module may be vibration.

The intensity and pattern of vibration generated in the haptic module can be controlled by the user's selection or the setting of the control unit.

For example, the haptic module may synthesize and output different vibrations or sequentially output them.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module has effects such as pin arrangement arranged perpendicular to the contact surface, air spraying force or suction force through the injection port or suction port, scratching on the skin surface, electrode contact, , And the effect of reproducing a cold sensation using a heat-absorbing or heat-generating element, and various tactile effects can be generated.

The haptic module can not only transmit the tactile effect through direct contact but also can be implemented so that the user can feel the tactile effect through the muscles of the finger or arm.

The haptic module may include two or more haptic modules according to the configuration of the sleep measuring unit 200.

In one embodiment, the haptic module may provide haptic feedback to the user.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a user's sleep pattern information measured from the sleep measuring unit of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a view showing sleep environment information of a user measured from the sleep measuring unit of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the sleep measuring unit can sense the sleep state and the sleeping environment of the user through the sensing unit.

For example, the sleep measuring unit may include a sleeping sensing unit that senses a user's movement and sound according to a sleeping surface, and an environment sensing unit that senses illuminance, noise, temperature, humidity, and dust according to a user's sleeping place.

Here, the surface sensing unit may include a motion sensor that senses the user's movement along the water surface using a radar or the like, and a sound sensor that senses the user's sound according to the water surface using a microphone or the like.

The environmental sensing unit may include an ambient light sensor for sensing the illuminance according to the user's sleeping position, a noise sensor for sensing the noise according to the user's sleeping position, a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature according to the user's sleeping location, A humidity sensor for sensing the humidity according to the user's location, a dust sensor for sensing dust according to the user's sleeping position, and the like.

Therefore, the sleep measuring unit extracts the user's sleep state information including the user's sleep phase, sleep time, facial time, sleep quality, snoring, and apnea information through data processing of the sensed signals as shown in FIG. 5, the sleep environment information including the illuminance, noise, temperature, humidity, and dust information according to the user's sleeping position can be extracted and the user's personal sleeping pattern can be analyzed.

Here, the sleep measuring unit can separate the sleeping step of the user into a sleeping step, a shallow sleeping step, and a deep sleeping step.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the sleep measuring unit measures the sleep time of a user who has a total sleep time of 7 hours and 6 minutes, a shallow sleep time of 5 hours and 12 minutes, a deep sleep time of 2 hours and 24 minutes, The sleep state information can be extracted and transmitted to an external server which is a sleep guide message providing unit.

Also, as shown in FIG. 5, the sleep measuring unit may extract sleep environment information obtained by digitizing illuminance, noise, temperature, humidity, and dust information according to a user's sleeping place and transmit the information to an external server serving as a sleep guide message providing unit.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the sleeping guide providing unit of FIG. 2. FIG.

6, the sleep guide message providing unit 300 may include a communication unit 310, a database 320, a personalized sleep analysis unit 330, and a control unit 340.

Here, the communication unit 310 receives the personal sleeping pattern information 201 from the sleep measuring unit, receives the user's personal information 401 from the digital device, and transmits the personalized sleeping guide message 401 to the digital device .

The communication unit 310 can communicate with external devices such as the sleep measuring unit 200 and the digital device 400 using various protocols and transmit / receive data.

Also, the communication unit 310 can transmit / receive digital data such as contents by connecting to a network by wire or wirelessly.

For example, the communication unit 310 may include a wireless Internet module, a local area communication module, a location information module, and the like.

Here, the wireless Internet module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or enclosed in the sleep guide message providing unit 300.

The short distance communication module may be provided between the sleep guide message providing unit 300 and the wireless communication system through the wireless area networks, between the sleep guide message providing unit 300 and the digital device or the sleep measuring unit, And may support wireless communication between the guide message providing unit 300 and the network where the digital device or the sleep measuring unit is located.

The position information module is a module for acquiring the position (or current position) of the sleep guide message providing unit 300, and representative examples thereof include a Global Positioning System (GPS) module or a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) module.

For example, the sleep guide message providing unit 300 can acquire the position of the sleep guide message providing unit 300 using a signal sent from the GPS satellite by using the GPS module.

As another example, the sleep guide message provider 300 may utilize the Wi-Fi module to generate a sleep guide message 300 based on information of a wireless access point (AP) that transmits or receives a wireless signal with the Wi-Fi module The position of the feeder 300 can be obtained.

Optionally, the location information module may perform any of the other functions of the communication unit 310 to obtain data relating to the location of the sleep guide message providing unit 300, in addition or alternatively.

The location information module is a module used to obtain the location (or current location) of the sleep guide message provider 300 and is not limited to a module that directly calculates or obtains the location of the sleep guide message provider 300 .

In one embodiment, the communication unit 310 may transmit a personalized sleep message of the sleep guide message providing unit 300 to the digital device.

In another embodiment, the communication unit 310 can transmit a control signal to the digital device.

Next, the database 320 may store and store the personal information of the user and the personal sleep pattern information, and may collect and store general sleep pattern information according to the user's respective age and physical condition.

In addition, the database 320 may store various personalized sleeping messages or personalized coaching messages generated by the personalized sleep analyzing unit 330 for each user.

Then, the personalized sleep analyzer 330 searches the general sleep pattern information according to the user's age and physical condition based on the personal information of the user, and compares the personal sleep pattern information of the user with the collected general sleep pattern information Thereby generating a personalized sleep guide message of the user.

As an example, a user's personalized sleep guide message may include general information including a greeting, a usage guide, general information including an alarm time, sleep information including a sleep time, an elevation time, a shallow sleep time, a snoring, a sleepiness, , Humidity, fine dust, and sleep environment information including environment comprehensive information.

Next, the control unit 340 controls the communication unit 310, the database 320, and the personalized sleep analysis unit 330, and transmits the generated personalized sleep guide message to the digital device through the communication unit 310 have.

For example, when the personalized sleep guide message request is received from the digital device, the control unit 340 requests the user's personal information from the digital device, and when the personal information 401 of the user is received from the digital device, The corresponding personalized sleep guide message 301 can be transmitted to the digital device providing the information 401. [

That is, when transmitting the personalized sleep guide message 301, the sleep guide message providing unit 300 may transmit the personalized sleep guide message 301 corresponding to the digital device providing the user's personal information 401 have.

As described above, the sleep guide message providing unit 300 can generate a personalized sleep guide message based on the personal sleeping pattern information 201 measured from the sleep measuring unit and the user's personal information 401 received from the digital device Lt; / RTI >

That is, the sleep guide message providing unit 300 receives the personal sleeping pattern information 201 from the sleep measuring unit and receives the user's personal information 401 from the digital device, The personal sleeping pattern information of the user is compared with the collected general sleeping pattern information to generate a personalized sleeping guide message 301 of the user, Device.

7 is a view showing a personalized sleep guide message displayed on a digital device.

As shown in FIG. 7, a digital device such as a smartphone 420 or the like may display a personalized sleep guide message 301 provided from a sleep guide message provisioner on a display screen.

Here, the personalized sleep guide message 301 includes general information including a greeting, a usage guide, general information including an alarm time, sleep information including a sleep time, an elevation time, a shallow sleep time, a snoring, , Humidity, fine dust, and sleep environment information including environment comprehensive information.

For example, in the case of general information, greetings may be provided at the first use, such as "Hello, I want to improve my quality of life with a comfortable sleep through Hip North."

In some cases, in the case of general information, the initial usage may be provided with a usage guide such as "Sleep score is calculated based on measured sleep time and sleep efficiency", "Environmental information follows standard recommended levels, &Quot; maintains the optimal state through "

Also, for general information, an alarm time guide may be provided on the day after the first use day, such as "Are you in a good mood through a smart alarm? Find an optimal sleep timing with the alarm phase adjustment".

In the case of sleeping information, a sleeping time guide may be provided when the weekly statistic is less than or equal to the recommended sleeping time of 7 hours, i.e., "the average sleeping time is less than the recommended sleeping time of 7 hours.

Next, in the case of sleep information, when the elevation time stats are after 1 o'clock, "Sleep time is too late." It may be advisable to have a face time guide called "I would like to go to bed early for fatigue, skin, and health" .

In the case of sleep information, when the ratio of the daytime shallow sleep time is more than 0%, "the rate at which the sleeping time can not fall asleep is 0%. Please make the best condition for the sleep by home appliance control through the hip hop for deep sleep" A shallow sleep time guide may be provided.

Also, in the case of sleeping information, when snoring was detected last night, "Snoring is severe. Lower the height of the pillow, and if severe snoring persists, it is likely that it will lead to apnea." May be provided.

Next, in the case of sleeping information, when a drool last night is detected, a drooling guide may be provided such as "Is it stressful or too sleepy to take a good night's sleep?"

Next, in the case of sleeping information, a sleeping total score guide may be provided, which means that the sleep score was an average of 00 points for one month when the sleep score was averaged over a month.

Also, in the case of sleeping environment information, a temperature guide may be provided when the temperature of the last night is out of the good range, such as " the temperature has become low / increased at 00:00 last night and the air conditioner has been operated ".

Next, in the case of the sleeping environment information, a humidity guide may be provided when the humidity is out of the good range last night, "Humidity is low / increased at 00:00 last night so that the humidifier is activated".

And, in the case of the sleeping environment information, when the fine dust was out of the good range last night, the fine dust concentration was increased at 00:00 last night so that the air cleaner was operated. "

Next, in the case of sleeping environment information, when the temperature is out of the good range of the before-sleeping environment index, the room temperature is too high / low as 00. Please adjust the temperature by air conditioner (or heating) May be provided.

8 to 13 are diagrams for explaining a process of providing a coaching message according to sleeping information of a user.

8, the sleep guide message provider checks the total sleep time of the user last night or last week, checks whether the total sleep time of the user is insufficient or exceeds the general recommended sleep time, A coaching message indicating an insufficient time or an excessive sleep time can be generated and transmitted.

For example, at sleep time, when a weekly statistic is less than or equal to the recommended sleep time of 7 hours, a coaching message may be provided that "the average sleep time is less than the recommended sleep time of 7 hours in 000".

9, the sleep guide message provider may check the sleeping time of the user last night or last night, and determine whether the sleeping time of the user is suitable for the weather time of yesterday and the total sleep time of yesterday And then generates and transmits a coaching message informing the most suitable sleeping time for today.

As an example, when the daytime stats are after 1 o'clock, you can create and send a coaching message that says "bedtime is too late, you should go to bed early for fatigue, skin, and health."

10, the sleep guide message provider may identify a shallow sleep time of the last night or last week of the user, and may indicate an improper environmental value (temperature, humidity, air quality) of the user's shallow sleep time zone, (For example, air conditioning control to maintain the temperature and recommendation for a specialist clinic if the snoring is severe) can be generated and transmitted.

For example, when the ratio of shallow sleeping time to daytime is about 30% or more, the ratio of "unable to sleep deeply during sleeping time is 70%." For the deep sleep, "Please create a coaching message "

In another case, as shown in FIG. 11, the sleep guide message provider determines whether the snoring of the user is last night or last week, analyzes the snoring step, and then decides the snoring of decibel and snoring After checking the time, it is judged whether it is serious, abnormal or normal. Then, a coaching message informing the pillow height adjustment, the sleeping posture adjustment, the snoring relief product recommendation, and the recommendation of the professional clinic can be generated and transmitted according to the judgment degree.

For example, when snoring is detected in snoring last night, "Snoring is severe, lowering the height of the pillow, and when severe snoring persists, there is a high possibility of leading to apnea." Can be generated and transmitted.

In another case, as shown in FIG. 12, the sleep guide message provider reflects about 90% of the time that the user has slept in the bed last night or last week or month, and / or actually slept in the bed, And a shallow sleep rate of about 10%, and then generate and transmit a coaching message announcing the percentage sleep score.

For example, when the average sleep score is calculated for a month in the sleep total score, a coaching message "Sleep score is 00 points on average for one month" can be generated and transmitted.

13, the sleep guide message provider analyzes the average sleep pattern (average sleep time, average shallow sleep rate, snoring degree, etc.) of a personal profile user similar to the stored one, It is possible to generate and transmit a coaching message indicating how much my sleep quality is improved or reduced compared to the user's sleep pattern.

14 to 16 are diagrams for explaining a process of providing a coaching message according to a user's sleeping environment information.

As shown in FIG. 14, the sleep guide message providing unit is in a good stage at a temperature set value of 24 to 26 degrees, a note stage at 26 to 28 degrees or 22 to 24 degrees, When it is set to the alarming step below, when the night air temperature is out of the good range, it is possible to generate and transmit a coaching message "Air temperature is low / increased at 00:00 last night and the air conditioner is activated ".

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 15, the sleep guide message providing section may be in a good stage at a humidity setting value of 45 - 55%, a state at 55 - 65% or 35 - 45% %, It is possible to generate and transmit a coaching message "Humidity is low / increased at 00:00 last night and the humidifier is activated" when the humidity is out of the good range last night.

In other cases, as shown in FIG. 16, the sleep guide message providing unit is in a good stage at a fine dust set value of 100 ug / m 2 or less, a note stage at 100 - 200 ug / m 2, When the fine dust is out of the good range last night, the coarse message "Fine dust is low / raised at 00:00 last night so that the air cleaner is activated" can be generated and transmitted.

17 is a block diagram showing a sleep measuring unit for controlling the sleep mode of the digital device.

17, the sleep measuring unit 200 may include a sensing unit 210, a data processing unit 220, a sleep pattern analysis unit 230, a communication unit 240, and a control unit 250 have.

Next, the controller 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 controls the digital device 400 to be in the sleep mode if the user is in the sleep state and releases the sleep mode of the digital device 400 if the user is in the awake state .

For example, the controller 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 determines whether the user is in a sleep state. If the user is in the sleep state, the control unit 250 recognizes a digital device capable of communicating by scanning the peripheral digital device 400 , Transmit the remote control request signal to the communicatable digital device 400 and receive the remote control approval signal from the communicatable digital device 400 to control the communicatable digital device 400 to the sleep mode.

The control unit 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 searches for the function of the digital device 400 when the digital device 400 is controlled in the sleep mode, And if there is a sleeping environment control function, the sleeping environment control function of the digital device 400 can be controlled.

The control unit 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 may control the sleeping environment adjusting function of the digital device 400 or change the user's personal sleeping pattern information It is possible to control the sleeping environment adjustment function of the digital device 400 according to the calculated value calculated on the basis of the calculated value.

The control unit 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 may control the sleeping environment adjusting function of the digital device 400 by controlling the lighting device of the digital device 400 such as a light conditioner, a speaker conditioner, a temperature conditioner, At least one of them can be controlled.

The controller 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 determines whether the digital device 400 has a sleeping function if the sleeping environment control function does not exist And interrupts the sleep interrupting function of the digital device 400 if there is a sleep interrupting function of the digital device 400. [

At this time, when the sleeping function of the digital device 400 is interrupted, the controller 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 may block the notification function of the digital device 400 or block the sound reproducing function.

For example, when the user is in the up state, the control unit 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 releases the notification function of the blocked multifunction device 400 and displays the received notification message while the notification function is blocked The digital device 400 may be controlled.

Alternatively, the control unit 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 may release the sound reproducing function of the blocked multifunction device 400 when the user 100 is in an awake state, It is possible to control the digital device 400 to re-perform playback.

The controller 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 checks whether there is a loss of data received by the digital device 400 when the sleep interrupting function of the digital device 400 is blocked, , And may control the digital device 400 to store data received while interrupting the sleep interception function of the digital device 400.

The control unit 250 of the sleep measuring unit 200 controls the digital device 400 to display data stored while the user 100 is in the awake state while blocking the sleep interrupting function of the digital device 400 can do.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a notification blocking message according to the sleep mode control of the digital device, and FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a notification release message according to the sleep mode release of the digital device.

18, when the user is in the sleep state, the digital device can perform the sleep mode according to the control signal of the sleep measuring unit, thereby blocking the notification function or blocking the sound reproduction function.

19, when the user is in the awake state, the digital device releases the blocked notification function according to the control signal of the sleep measuring unit, and displays the received notification message while the notification function is blocked have.

In addition, when the user is in the awake state, the digital device can cancel the blocked sound playback function according to the control signal of the sleep surface measurement unit, and re-execute the sound playback from the point of time when the sound playback function is interrupted.

20 to 24 are flowcharts for explaining a sleep guide providing method according to the present invention.

20, the sleep guide providing apparatus of the present invention may receive a personalized sleep guide message request from the digital device. (S10)

Optionally, the sleep guide providing device may be configured to register a sleep measurement unit that measures a personal sleep pattern of the digital device and a user, Can be stored and matched.

Then, the sleep guide providing apparatus can request the user's personal information with the digital device (S20)

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus confirms whether personal information of the user is received from the digital device (S30)

Next, when the personal information of the user is received from the digital device, the sleep guide providing apparatus collects general sleep pattern information according to the user's age and body condition based on the personal information of the received user (S40).

The sleep guide providing apparatus senses the user's sleeping state and sleeping environment and measures the user's individual sleeping pattern. (S50)

Then, the sleep guide providing apparatus compares the measured personal sleep pattern information with the collected general sleep pattern information to generate a personalized sleep guide message of the user (S60)

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus transmits the generated personalized sleep guide message to the digital device (S70)

On the other hand, when measuring the user's personal sleeping pattern, the sleep guide providing apparatus can perform the following process.

21, the sleep guide providing apparatus senses the sleep state and the sleeping environment of the user (S51)

Then, the sleep guide providing apparatus processes the sensed data signal (S53)

In this case, when the sensed data signal is processed, the water surface guide providing apparatus filters the noise of the sensed data signal, processes the noise-filtered data signal, normalizes the signal-processed data signal, And sound features can be extracted.

Then, the sleep guide providing apparatus analyzes the user's personal sleeping pattern based on the signal-processed data (S55)

Here, when analyzing the user's personal sleeping pattern, the sleeping-guide providing apparatus determines, based on the signal-processed data signal, a user who includes the sleeping phase of the user, the sleeping time, the time of the face, the quality of the sleeping, The user can analyze the user's personal sleeping pattern by extracting the sleeping condition information including the sleeping condition information of the user, the illuminance, the noise, the temperature, the humidity and the dust information according to the user's sleeping place.

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus transmits the analyzed personal sleep pattern (S57)

In another case, the sleep guide providing apparatus may perform the following process when measuring the user's personal sleeping pattern.

22, the sleep guide providing apparatus senses the sleep state of the user (S110)

Then, the sleep guide providing apparatus confirms whether the user is in the elevation state (S120)

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus controls the digital device to the sleep mode if the user is in the elevation state (S130)

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus confirms whether the user is in an awake state (S140)

Then, the sleeping-guide providing apparatus releases the sleep mode of the digital device if the user is in the awake state (S150)

Here, the sleep guide providing device may be a digital guide device for releasing the sleep mode of the digital device, releasing the sleep mode of the digital device if the user is awake, and displaying the stored data while blocking the sleep- The device can be controlled.

Further, as shown in FIG. 23, when controlling the digital device in the sleep mode, the sleep guide providing device searches for the controllable digital device if the user is in the elevation state.

Then, when the controllable digital device is searched, the sleep guide providing device searches for the function of the searched digital device.

Here, as shown in FIG. 23, when controlling the digital device in the sleep mode, the sleep guide providing apparatus searches for a controllable digital device if the user is in the elevation state (S121)

Then, when the controllable digital device is searched, the sleep guide providing device searches for the function of the searched digital device (S122)

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus confirms whether the digital device has a sleeping environment adjusting function (S123)

Subsequently, the sleep guide providing device controls the sleeping environment adjusting function of the digital device if the sleeping environment adjusting function is present (S124)

However, when determining whether the digital device has a sleeping environment control function, the sleeping-guide providing device confirms that there is a sleeping function of the digital device if there is no sleeping environment control function (S 125)

Then, the sleep guide providing device interrupts the sleep interrupting function of the digital device if there is a sleep interfering function of the digital device (S126)

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus confirms whether there is loss of data received in the digital device (S127)

Then, the sleep guide providing device controls the digital device to store the received data while blocking the sleep interrupting function of the digital device, if there is a loss of data (S 128)

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 24, when searching for a controllable digital device, if the user is in the elevation state, the sleeping guide providing apparatus scans the peripheral digital device (S121-1) (S121-2)

Then, the sleep guide providing apparatus transmits a remote control request signal to the controllable digital device (S 121 - 3)

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus receives a remote control grant signal from the controllable digital device (S121-4)

Next, the sleep guide providing apparatus can complete the search for the controllable digital device (S121-5)

As described above, the personal sleeping pattern information of the user is compared with the general sleeping pattern information to provide the user's personalized sleeping guide message, thereby optimally improving the user's sleeping habits.

Further, the present invention can control the digital device in the sleep mode when the user is in the sleep state, release the sleep mode of the digital device when the user is in the awake state, and can provide the user with an optimum sleep environment have.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.

The present invention described above can be embodied as computer-readable codes on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . Also, the computer may include a control unit of the terminal.

Accordingly, the above description should not be construed in a limiting sense in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by rational interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the scope of equivalents of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

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300: sleep guide message remover
400: Digital device

Claims

A sleep measuring unit for sensing a user's sleep state and a sleeping environment and measuring a user's personal sleeping pattern;
A sleep guide message providing unit for generating a personalized sleep guide message based on the measured personal sleep pattern information and the user's personal information; And,
And a digital device for displaying the personalized sleep guide message,
The sleep guide message provider may include:
And receiving personal sleeping pattern information from the sleep measuring unit and receiving the personal information of the user from the digital device, based on the received personal information of the user, general sleep pattern information according to the age and physical condition of the user And compares the personal sleep pattern information of the user with the collected general sleep pattern information to generate and transmit the personalized sleep guide message of the user to the digital device.

The apparatus according to claim 1,
A communication unit for transmitting the personal sleeping pattern information of the user;
A sensing unit sensing the sleep state and the sleeping environment of the user;
A data processing unit for processing a data signal sensed by the sensing unit;
A sleep pattern analyzer for analyzing the user's personal sleep pattern based on the signal-processed data; And,
And a control unit for controlling the communication unit, the sensing unit, the data processing unit, and the sleep pattern analyzing unit.

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sensing unit comprises:
A sleeping sensing unit for sensing a movement and a sound of the user according to the water surface,
And an environment sensing unit for sensing illumination, noise, temperature, humidity, and dust according to the user's sleeping place.

3. The apparatus of claim 2,
Controls the digital device to the sleep mode if the user is in a sleep state,
And releases the sleep mode of the digital device if the user is in the awake state.

2. The sleeping device according to claim 1,
A communication unit for receiving personal sleeping pattern information from the sleep measuring unit and receiving personal information of the user from the digital device;
A database for matching and storing the received personal information and personal sleep pattern information of the user and collecting and storing general sleep pattern information according to each user's age and physical condition;
Searching for general sleep pattern information according to the age and physical condition of the user based on the personal information of the user, comparing the personal sleep pattern information of the user with the collected general sleep pattern information, A personalized sleep analyzer for generating a message; And,
And a controller for controlling the communication unit, the database, and the personalized sleep analyzer, and transmitting the generated personalized sleep guide message to the digital device through the communication unit.

2. The sleeping device according to claim 1,
And transmits the corresponding personalized sleep guide message to the digital device providing the personal information of the user when transmitting the personalized sleep guide message.

2. The method according to claim 1,
The information of the user's sex, age, weight, height, living area, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Epworth Sleeoiness Scale, and Insomnia Severity Index Wherein the at least one of the at least one sleeping guide and the at least one sleeping guide comprises at least one of the plurality of sleeping guides.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized sleep guide message of the user comprises:
It includes general information including greeting, usage guide, alarm time, sleeping information including sleeping time, face time, shallow sleeping time, snoring, sleeping, sleeping total score, temperature, humidity, fine dust, And the sleeping environment information. &Lt; Desc / Clms Page number 24 >

A method of providing a sleeping guide that provides a personalized sleeping guide message to a digital device,
Receiving a personalized sleep guide message request from the digital device;
Requesting user's personal information to the digital device;
Collecting general sleep pattern information according to the age and physical condition of the user based on the personal information of the user when the personal information of the user is received from the digital device;
Sensing a user's sleep state and a sleep environment to measure a user's personal sleep pattern;
Comparing the measured individual sleep pattern information with the collected general sleep pattern information to generate a personalized sleep guide message of the user; And,
And transmitting the generated personalized sleep guide message to the digital device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein measuring the user ' s personal sleep pattern comprises:
Sensing the user ' s sleep state and sleep environment;
Processing the sensed data signal;
Analyzing the user ' s personal sleep pattern based on the signal processed data; And,
And transmitting the analyzed personal sleep pattern.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein measuring the user ' s personal sleep pattern comprises:
Sensing the sleep state of the user;
Confirming whether the user is in an elevation state;
Controlling the digital device to a sleep mode if the user is in an elevated state;
Confirming whether the user is in an awake state; And,
Further comprising the step of releasing the sleep mode of the digital device if the user is in the awake state.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein releasing the digital device to sleep mode comprises:
Controls the digital device to release the sleep mode of the digital device and to display the stored data while blocking the sleeping function of the digital device if the user is in the awake state.