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WO2018186739A1 - Dispositif d'induction du sommeil et procédé d'induction d'un changement d'un état de sommeil - Google Patents

Dispositif d'induction du sommeil et procédé d'induction d'un changement d'un état de sommeil Download PDF

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WO2018186739A1
WO2018186739A1 PCT/NL2018/050203 NL2018050203W WO2018186739A1 WO 2018186739 A1 WO2018186739 A1 WO 2018186739A1 NL 2018050203 W NL2018050203 W NL 2018050203W WO 2018186739 A1 WO2018186739 A1 WO 2018186739A1
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Julian JAGTENBERG
Wouter KOOYMAN VAN GULDENER
Stijn ANTONISSE
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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  • the present invention relates to a sleep induction device for inducing changes during a sleep session of a user and a method for inducing a change in a sleep state of a user during a sleep session.
  • US 7,041 ,049 discloses a method and apparatus for obtaining an efficient sleep and using a sleep time more productively.
  • the sleep guidance system provides sensory stimuli to influence a sleep to induce a change.
  • the sleep guidance system Before effectively using the apparatus, it has to be calibrated, to determine the sleepers physiological and sleep pattern responses to the sensory stimuli during sleep. From this calibration step, a personalized sleeper profile is established.
  • the profile includes stimuli settings to pace and lead the sleeper through its sleep. In use, when the profile is unsuccessful in leading the sleeper to a new sleep stage, the system continues to lead the sleeper until the new sleep stage has been reached.
  • a drawback of the known apparatus is that the required calibration time is relatively long. For the known apparatus to function efficiently, it must first be learned how a sleeper's physiological characteristic or sleep pattern changes when exposed to sensory stimuli, and what the optimal durations and patterns for a sleeper's sleep cycle. This learning is performed by calibrating the apparatus.
  • a further drawback of the known apparatus is that it is not adaptive to a suddenly or incidentally changed user situation.
  • the device is not adaptive to an
  • the user may have had a busy day, a late night sports activity, or suffer a jet-lag, after which a remarkably different sleep profile in comparison with a mean or personalised sleep profile results.
  • a bed partner of a user may also influence the mean sleep profile, and a sleep profile generally also differs between for example winter- and summertime. In such changed situations, the known device cannot anticipate sufficiently fast.
  • the general object of the present invention is to at least partially eliminate the above mentioned drawbacks and/or to provide a usable alternative. More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a sleep induction device that can be used successfully from the first night of use, and/or to provide a sleep inducting device that is adaptive when the sleep profile of a user differs from the mean sleep profile. According to the invention, this object is achieved by a sleep induction device according to claim 1.
  • a sleep induction device which is arranged to induce a change during a sleep session of a user.
  • a change during a sleep session means a change from a first sleep state to a second sleep state.
  • the change may for example be a change in a respiration rate during a NREM-sleep stage.
  • a sleep session in the context of this document, spans the time period from getting ready to sleep, e.g. getting into bed or lying on a couch, until waking up, e.g. getting out of bed or stepping from the couch.
  • the sleep induction device is arranged to induce a change, a so called sleep stage transfer, which means a change from a first sleep stage to a second sleep stage, e.g. from a light to a deep sleep stage or from a REM to a NREM sleep stage.
  • the sleep induction device comprises at least one sensor for detecting a psychological characteristic of the user.
  • a physiological characteristic may be a respiration rate, heart rate, body movement or other physiological characteristic which might be of interest to control a sleep profile of the user.
  • the sleep induction device comprises a stimulator.
  • the stimulator is configured to provide successive stimuli to the user during the sleep session.
  • the stimulator may provide stimuli to the user continuously.
  • the stimulator provides successive stimuli to anticipate on the detected physiological characteristics, to guide the user.
  • the user is guided by the successive stimuli via a guidance path, the user following the guidance path to induce a change during the sleep session of the user, e.g. to guide a user from a first sleep state of the user to a second sleep state of the user.
  • the guidance path is configured to provide a smooth and timely transfer from the first sleep state to the second sleep state. It is noted that this 'following' the guidance path by the user is preferably done subconsciously.
  • a stimulator in contrast to what a more common meaning of word may be, may be intended to relax the user.
  • Multiple stimulators may be comprised in the sleep induction device. Multiple stimulators may be active at the same time, the stimulators working in parallel.
  • the sleep induction device comprises at least one memory for storing data during the sleep session.
  • the memory is arranged to store values of detected physiological characteristics and provided stimuli during the sleep session.
  • the memory may for example compute a historic record of the provided stimuli and the corresponding physiological characteristics. Preferably, this historic record is updated in real-time.
  • the sleep induction device comprises a processing unit, also called a control unit, for operating the device.
  • the processing unit includes a control programme which is
  • the current sleep state is based on at least one detected physiological characteristic measured by the at least one sensor.
  • the current sleep state may depend on real-time measurements, and may also depend on the historic record of measurements, stored in the memory. For example, when transitioning from a light to a deep sleep, the heart rate of a user may slow down, to rise again when reaching REM sleep. Based on only the real-time measurements, it may be difficult to determine whether the user is awake or in REM sleep. For that reason, the current sleep state may be determined by the real-time measurements in combination with a historic record of measurements.
  • the control programme is further programmed to generate an initial guidance path to induce a change from the determined current sleep state to another sleep state.
  • the initial guidance path may for example be equal to a previous guidance path that was executed successivefully, or may be selected from a number of pre-programmed guidance paths.
  • control programme comprises a tracking programme which is programmed to track during the sleep session a deviation of a detected physiological characteristic from an expected physiological characteristic which expected physiological characteristic is based on the initially provided guidance path or an updated guidance path.
  • the expected physiological characteristics may be based on the current or real-time activated guidance path.
  • the respiratory rate of a user may have a certain expected trajectory as a function of time, based on the initiated guidance path. The deviation between the measured respiratory rate and the expected respiratory rate may then be tracked by the tracking programme.
  • control programme comprises a tailoring programme which is programmed to tailor the initially provided guidance path during the sleep session of the user to an updated guidance path when the tracked deviation exceeds a pre-determined margin.
  • the updated or user-moment-specific guidance path may for example be determined based on at least one of the following values: previously initiated guidance path, real-time effectiveness of the stimuli and the historic record thereof, real-time deviation between detected physiological characteristic and expected physiological characteristic and historic record thereof, historic record of effective guidance paths, and/or historic records of physiological characteristics of the user when said effective guidance paths were initiated.
  • the historic record may span the current sleep session, or a longer period of time.
  • the tailoring programme may also tailor an updated guidance path during the sleep session of the user to a further updated guidance path when the tracked deviation exceeds a predetermined margin.
  • Said pre-determined margin may be user-dependent. For example, embodiments are conceived wherein a user rates the sleep experience after waking up. When it is determined that the user feels that he or she is corrected too quickly, the margin may be set to a larger value.
  • An advantage of the sleep induction device according to the invention is that it can be used to induce changes already during a sleep session of a user, even from a first time of use.
  • the sleep induction device according to the invention operates during a sleep session with a guidance path which guidance path is adaptable to another guidance path during the same sleep session.
  • An adaption of the guidance path can be real-time introduced and is not postponed to a next sleep session.
  • a further advantage of the sleep induction device according to the invention is that these adaptive properties may remain present after prolonged use.
  • the sleep induction device may be able to recognize situations in which the sleep profile of the user deviates from the mean or normal sleep profile, adapting the stimuli provided by the stimulator when needed. This is beneficial for users that have irregular sleep sessions, for example due to
  • the sleep induction device recognizes that the current sleep session deviates from a mean sleep session, and will adapt the guiding path accordingly, during the entire night.
  • Embodiments are conceivable where there is interactivity with the user, for example such that the user can provide feedback.
  • the sleep induction device can then learn, after the user has awoken, whether a deviation in sleep behaviour, if it occurred during a particular night, was an event that occurred only once, or if it can be expected for the next sleep session or sleep sessions as well.
  • Embodiments are also conceivable where the user can inform the sleep induction device before starting the sleep session that a different sleep profile than the mean sleep profile is expected, for example due to the user having had a stressful day.
  • the tailoring programme selects the updated or initial guidance path from a group of pre-programmed guidance paths. Any number of guidance paths may be pre-programmed. For different changes during a sleep session of a user, different guidance paths may be used.
  • the optimal guidance path is in general highly user-dependent, with some users for example needing more time or a different guiding path to fall asleep than other users.
  • the tailoring programme is programmed to develop novel guidance paths.
  • the tailoring programme may be programmed to render a guidance path by a formula in which the guidance path is a function of the physiological characteristic.
  • the physiological characteristic may be a parameter of a mathematical function to calculate and render the guidance path. This allows to optimally tailor the guidance path to the user, developing a user-specific guidance path.
  • an effectiveness of the initially provided guidance path is rendered by said deviation, and the tailoring programme tailors said initial guidance path when said effectiveness is below a predetermined margin.
  • the effectiveness may for example be rendered from the real-time deviation, the spread of the deviation over a time period, or the average deviation.
  • the deviation may not be directly used to initiate the tailoring programme, but may also indirectly be used to initiate the tailoring programme.
  • the change in the sleep session makes a user fall asleep, i.e. the guidance path inducing a change from a fully awakened state to at least a light sleep state.
  • the sleep induction device then helps the user to fall asleep, for example at the start of a sleep session, or after the user has awoken during a sleep session.
  • the sleep state is determined by a single or by multiple psychological characteristics.
  • the heart rate, the respiratory rate, the brain wave activity, the bodily movements, the eye movement, and/or noises produced by the user may be used to determine the sleep state of a user.
  • the device comprises a housing for housing components, and wherein the stimulator comprises a stimulator mechanism for frequently expanding and collapsing a body, to provide a stimulating rhythm to the user to influence the users respiration rate.
  • the body may for example be formed as a pillow or matress, wherein the body has a soft outer skin. The user can for example spoon the body in user.
  • any stimulator can be used to provide stimuli to the user, the stimulator being external of the body of the user, or the stimulator being applied to the body of the user, wherein there may be multiple stimulators.
  • the invention further relates to a method for inducing a change in a sleep state of a user during a sleep session, using a sleep induction device as described in the above, the method comprising the steps of:
  • - stimulating the user by providing successive stimuli which form an initial guidance path to guide the user from a first sleep state to a second sleep state, such that a change in the sleep state of the user is induced; - storing values of the provided initial guidance path during the sleep session and updating the historic data;
  • physiological characteristic is based on the initially provided guidance path or the updated guidance path
  • the step of tailoring the initially provided guidance path to an updated guidance path includes a step of synchronising the sleep induction device with the user, which synchronising includes iterating steps of:
  • Figure 1 schematically shows a sleep induction device according to the invention and a user
  • Figure 2 shows a flow diagram of a method for using the sleep induction device according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 3 schematically shows a guidance path to guide the user from a first sleep state to a another sleep state
  • Figure 4 schematically shows an alternative guidance path to guide the user from a first sleep state to a another sleep state
  • a sleep induction device for inducing changes during a sleep session of a user 100
  • the sleep induction device comprising a stimulator body 200 and two sensors for detecting a physiological characteristic of the user 100: a heart rate monitor 310, and a respiratory rate monitor 320.
  • the stimulator body 200 comprises a stimulator mechanism (not visible) for frequently expanding and collapsing the stimulator body, to provide a stimulating rhythm to the user to influence the users respiration rate.
  • the sleep induction device further comprises a housing for housing components e.g. electrical components.
  • the sleep induction device of Figure 1 has a stimulator body which is formed as a peanut-shaped pillow, wherein the stimulator body has a soft outer skin, the sleep induction device being configured to simulate a breathing rhythm of a person by alternate contraction and expansion.
  • a stimulator body which is formed as a peanut-shaped pillow, wherein the stimulator body has a soft outer skin, the sleep induction device being configured to simulate a breathing rhythm of a person by alternate contraction and expansion.
  • Many alternative stimulator bodies can however be used, stimulating the user in many different ways, including via light, sound, vibration, temperature changes, or with other stimuli that can be experienced by the user.
  • a user using the sleep induction device preferably lies in bed during a sleep session, spooning the pillow or holding it closely to its body.
  • the sleep induction device comprises a memory, arranged to store values of detected physiological characteristics and provided stimuli during the sleep session and a processing unit. Further, the sleep induction device comprises a processing unit including a control programme which is programmed to determine a current sleep state of the user, which current sleep state is based on at least one detected physiological characteristic measured by the at least one sensor and which control programme is programmed to generate an initial guidance path to induce a change from the determined current sleep state to another sleep state.
  • the control programme comprises a tracking programme that is programmed to track during the sleep session a deviation of a detected physiological characteristic from an expected physiological characteristic which expected physiological characteristic is based on the initially provided guidance path, and a tailoring programme which is programmed to tailor the initially provided guidance path during the sleep session of the user to an updated guidance path when the tracked deviation exceeds a pre-defined margin.
  • the memory and processing unit can for example be arranged inside the stimulator body 200.
  • the processing unit may receive input from the heart rate 310 and respiratory rate 320 monitors, and may determine the sleep state of the user based upon those inputs.
  • the sleep induction device is able to influence the sleep state of the user by inducing changes, stimulating the user with successive stimuli and defining a guidance path via said successive stimuli.
  • This guidance path is for example defined by a simulated breathing rhythm of the stimulator, in a way that is better understood with reference to Figure 2.
  • Shown in Figure 2 is a flow diagram of an exemplary method of the sleep induction device, for inducing a change in a sleep state of a user during a sleep session.
  • a set-up phase may be defined. This stage is typically executed only once before start of use, although it may be executed any number of times.
  • a pre-programmed guidance path may be selected for a particular user. Any number of guidance paths may be programmed into the sleep induction device, offering various guidance paths to be followed by the user when using the sleep induction device.
  • one of the various guidance paths may be selected as an initial guidance path.
  • the set-up stage may be very minimal and only require answering some questions about, for example, preferred sleep position, estimated time between getting in bed and falling asleep, desired amount of sleep per night, and heart rate in rest.
  • some questions may be also be asked to the partner of the user, such as questions related to the frequency of position changes, sleepwalking, and/or talking in the sleep.
  • the set-up stage may include wearing the sensors of the sleep induction device during one or several sleep sessions without the stimulator being activated, e.g. for sleep session spanning up to a week or longer, such that the natural guidance path of a person can be measured, and such that an appropriate guidance path can be selected.
  • the sleep induction device starts with monitoring at least one physiological characteristic of the user, step 1 of Figure 2.
  • physiological characteristics may for example include measuring the heart rate, the respiratory rate, the eye movement, noise produced, body temperature, brain wave pattern, or other physiological characteristics.
  • the values of the detected physiological characteristics of the user during the sleep session are stored in the memory of the sleep induction device.
  • a sleep state is determined.
  • a single physiological value may be used, or multiple physiological values may be used to determine said sleep state.
  • Often-used sleep stages include full awakeness, non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM), and rapid eye movement sleep (REM).
  • the NREM sleep can further be categorized in four sleep stages: NREM 1 , NREM 2, NREM 3, NREM 4.
  • a multitude of these six sleep stages may be defined as sleep states for each individual user.
  • the term 'sleep state' does not only include the six sleep stages recognized in the sleep literature, but also more refined states in between these stages, personal to a user.
  • a change in sleep state is thus not only limited to a change in sleep stage, but may, for example, also include a change in the respiratory rate of the user in REM sleep, changing the state of the user.
  • the user and the stimulator are synchronized or paced with each other, for example by adapting the stimulation rate of the stimulator to the respiratory rate of the user.
  • the sleep state of the user changes in the pacing phase, although this may be possible.
  • the values of the monitored physiological characteristics are stored in the memory of the sleep induction device, in combination with the knowledge that the applied
  • step 6b A new synchronization algorithm is then developed, i.e. the synchronization algorithm is tailored. This first loop of synchronizing the user and the stimulator with each other is iterated, until the stimulator synchronizes with the user, or vice versa, each time storing the effectiveness of the synchronization algorithm.
  • the second loop is entered, inducing changes in the sleep state of a user during a sleep session, and stimulating a user to follow a guidance path, preferably subconsciously.
  • an initial guidance path is formed to guide the user from a first sleep state to a second sleep state, such that a change in the sleep state of the user is induced.
  • This change in the sleep state of the user can for example be achieved by gradually lowering the respiratory rate simulated by the stimulator, e.g. in continuous or incremental steps.
  • the respiratory rate simulated by the simulation device may be changed slowly, over the course of several minutes or even longer, from 10 breaths per minute to 8 breaths per minute. This stimulates the user to lower the breathing frequency, and induces sleep, lowering the sleep onset latency of the user.
  • the respiratory rate simulated by the simulation device may be changed slowly, over the course of several minutes or even longer, from 10 breaths per minute to 8 breaths per minute. This stimulates the user to lower the breathing frequency, and induces sleep, lowering the sleep onset latency of the user.
  • physiological characteristics are continuously monitored, to determine if the sleeper is following the guidance path initiated by the stimulator.
  • characteristics are stored in a memory while providing the initial guidance path during the sleep session of the user. From these stored values, a deviation between a detected physiological characteristic and an expected physiological characteristic can be tracked, wherein the expected physiological characteristic is based on the initially provided guidance path.
  • the respiratory rate of the user follows the respiratory rate of the simulation device with a deviation that is smaller than a predetermined margin
  • the specific parameters e.g. the measured heart rate and respiratory rate, the simulated respiratory rate and rate of change in simulated respiratory rate of the simulation device, and the time it took until the user reached the desired sleep state, are stored in the memory of the sleep induction device, in combination with a value or values indicating the effectiveness of the applied guidance path.
  • said specific parameters may be stored in the memory of the sleep induction device, in combination with the knowledge that the applied guidance path was not effective.
  • an effectiveness of the initially provided guidance path may be rendered from the determined deviation.
  • the tailoring programme of the control programme may then tailor the initial guidance path when said effectiveness drops below a pre-defined margin.
  • the initially provided guidance path of the user can be tailored to an updated guidance path already during the sleep session, i.e. during the same sleep session.
  • This updated guidance path may be selected from a group of pre-programmed guidance paths, or the tailoring programme may be programmed to develop novel guidance paths.
  • the sleep induction device does not rigidly follow the initiated guidance path, but adapts the guidance path and creates a different, tailored guidance path when the tracked deviation of the initially provided guidance path exceeds a pre-determined margin.
  • FIG. 2 will now be explained using a specific example wherein the sleep onset latency of a user is reduced, wherein the sleep induction device is hence used by the user to fall asleep faster.
  • the user will be guided from a fully awakened sleep stage to a NREM 1 sleep stage, wherein the user is sleeping lightly, thus changing the sleep state of the user.
  • the change in the sleep session thus makes the user fall asleep, the guidance path inducing a change from a fully awakened state to at least a light sleep state.
  • the user is familiar with the use of the sleep induction device and the sleep induction device is already set up at a previous time, such that synchronizing, i.e. the first loop described above, is executed relatively fast.
  • the sensors When the user steps into bed, e.g. to start a night of sleep, the sensors are activated and start detecting the physiological characteristics of the user.
  • a heart rate monitor and a respiration monitor can be used. The monitors monitor the physiological characteristics of the user and determine that the user is fully awake.
  • the user is first paced, to relax the user and to synchronise the stimulator with the user.
  • the stimulator may simulate a respiratory rate of 10 breaths per minute, for a continued period of time, e.g. 2 - 10 minutes. While pacing the user, the heart and respiratory rate of the user are continuously monitored, to determine if the user is
  • the initially measured heart and respiratory rate, the applied respiratory rate of the stimulator, and the time it took until the user synchronized are stored in the memory of the sleep induction device.
  • the sleeper can be guided from a fully awakened sleep stage to the NREM 1 sleep stage, changing the sleep state of the user.
  • the sleep induction device when the user has been using the sleep induction device successfully for some time, it may be found that it normally takes between 5 and 10 minutes, once the user is synchronizing with the stimulator, to lead the sleeper from full awakeness to NREM 1 sleep, via a guidance path or leading algorithm that gradually decreases the breathing frequency.
  • This preferred guidance path when the night can be categorised as 'normal', or Ordinary' is visualized in Figure 3, where the vertical axis represents respiratory rate, as a function of time.
  • the solid line indicates the respiratory rate of the stimulator
  • the dashed line indicates an exemplary respiratory rate of a user.
  • the respiratory rate of the user lags with respect to the respiratory rate of the stimulator, but in general nicely follows the rate of the stimulator, the tracked deviation thus being relatively small.
  • the user has transitioned from a fully awakened sleep stage, to a light sleep stage.
  • the guidance path as shown in Figure 3 may be considered the optimal guidance path, under normal conditions. However, for a different user, this guidance path may not work.
  • Many different guidance paths can be envisioned, and preferably a multitude of guidance paths is pre-programmed into the sleep induction device, such that a particular user can experiment with different guidance paths and determine which guidance path works best.
  • Shown in Figure 4 is a situation where the user does not follow the initiated guidance path in a satisfactory way, for a continued amount of time.
  • a sleeper does not follow the normal, preferred guidance path, including but not limited to: the user suffering a cold or other illness, the partner of the user suffering a cold or another illness, a higher than normal environment noise, a higher blood alcohol level, the user having has a stressed day, the user having had a relaxed day, the sleep induction device not sufficiently being adapted to the specific preferences of the user enough, etc.
  • the respiratory rate of the user is again shown by a dashed line, while the respiratory rate of the stimulator is shown by a solid line.
  • the sleep induction device At time T1 in Figure 4, it is recognized by sleep induction device that the user no longer follows the initiated guidance path, i.e. the deviation with respect to the initially provided guidance path exceeds a pre-determined margin.
  • the initially activated guidance path is stopped at time T1 , and an updated, tailored, guidance path, is initiated during the same sleep session. This may be done directly at time T1 , or the sleep induction device may wait a while to observe the natural sleep behaviour of the user.
  • This newly determined, tailored guidance path follows a path that is different from the initial guidance path.
  • the initial guidance path the one that was shown in Figure 3, may gradually decrease the respiratory rate from 10 breaths per minute to 8 breaths per minute in 8 minutes, following a linear, continuous decrease in respiratory rate.
  • the updated guidance path may for example be slower, faster, or non-linear, such as sinusoidal, continuously decreasing, or follow a step-wise approach.
  • the updated guidance path when it is observed that the user is not following the initial guidance path, the user is synchronized again, as can be observed from Figure 2. This may take some time, for example until time T2.
  • the updated guidance path is initiated, guiding the user towards a different sleep state.
  • the updated guidance path at first gradually increases the breathing rate of the user, after which said rate is decreased again.
  • this tailored guidance path is effective and the user reaches the new sleep state at time T4.
  • the step of tailoring the initially provided guidance path to an updated guidance path includes a step of synchronising the sleep induction device with the user.
  • This synchronisation loop includes iterating steps of selecting a different guidance path to stimulate the user by providing different successive stimuli, and tracking a deviation between a detected physiological characteristic and an expected physiological characteristic based on the currently provided different guidance path. In the case that the deviation still exceeds a pre-determined margin, the steps of selecting and tracking are repeated with yet another, different, guidance path.
  • the updated guidance path is applied.
  • the method is continued with the updated guidance path, while the sleep session is uninterrupted.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'induction du sommeil pour induire des changements pendant une session de sommeil d'un utilisateur, le dispositif d'induction du sommeil comprenant au moins un capteur pour détecter une caractéristique physiologique de l'utilisateur, un stimulateur qui est configuré pour fournir des stimuli successifs à l'utilisateur pour anticiper la caractéristique physiologique détectée, lesdits stimuli successifs définissant un trajet de guidage, et ledit trajet de guidage devant être suivi par l'utilisateur pour induire un changement pendant la session de sommeil de l'utilisateur, une mémoire qui est agencée pour stocker des valeurs de caractéristiques physiologiques détectées, et reçoit des stimuli pendant la session de sommeil, et une unité de traitement comprenant un programme de commande qui est programmé pour déterminer un état de sommeil actuel de l'utilisateur, ledit état de sommeil actuel étant basé sur au moins une caractéristique physiologique détectée mesurée par l'au moins un capteur et ledit programme de commande étant programmé pour générer un trajet de guidage initial pour induire un changement de l'état de sommeil actuel déterminé vers un autre état de sommeil, le programme de commande comprenant un programme de suivi qui est programmé pour suivre, pendant la session de sommeil, un écart d'une caractéristique physiologique détectée par rapport à une caractéristique physiologique prévue, ladite caractéristique physiologique prévue étant basée sur le trajet de guidage initialement fourni et un programme de personnalisation qui est programmé pour personnaliser le trajet de guidage initialement fourni pendant la session de sommeil de l'utilisateur en un trajet de guidage mis à jour lorsque l'écart suivi dépasse une marge prédéterminée.
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