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Braintrain2020 Limited

Application US20160228674

Published 2016-08-11

Apparatus And Methods For Inducing Sleep

Apparatus for inducing sleep comprising: a. a display for providing a subject with a light stimulus; b. a base unit on which said display is mounted such that the display is selectively positionable, in use, into a field of view of a subject; c. input means for recording an active input provided by the subject in response to the stimulus; d. processing means for processing said active input to determine a characteristic of said active input; and e. a base unit housing one or more of said means, wherein the apparatus is capable of sequentially providing the subject with a plurality of stimuli, each next stimulus being based on a characteristic determined from the active input made in response to a previous stimulus, and wherein a position and/or brightness and/or a colour and/or a shape of the next stimulus on the display and/or a time interval between stimuli is based on the characteristic of the active input provided in response to a previous stimulus.

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8 Independent Claims

1. Apparatus for inducing sleep comprising: a. stimulus means for providing a subject with a stimulus; b. input means for recording an active input provided by the subject in response to the stimulus; c. processing means for processing said active input to determine a characteristic of said active input; and d. a base unit housing one or more of said means,
14. Apparatus as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein said active input comprises the actuation of a switch, for example the pressing of a button.
17. Apparatus as claimed in any of the preceding claims further comprising monitoring means for recording a physiological characteristic of the subject, wherein said next stimulus is based on characteristic of said active input and said physiological characteristic.
19. Apparatus as claimed in any of the preceding claims further comprising ambient monitoring means for recording an ambient characteristic of the subject's environment, wherein said next stimulus is based on characteristic of said active input and said ambient characteristic.
21. Apparatus as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein the determination of said next stimulus is additionally based on a characteristic of at least one active input provided in response to a stimulus provided before the immediately preceding stimulus.
22. Apparatus for inducing sleep substantially as described herein with reference to any appropriate combination of the accompanying drawings.
23. A method for inducing sleep comprising the steps of: a. providing a subject with an initial stimulus; b. recording an active input provided by the subject in response to the initial stimulus; c. processing said active input to determine a characteristic of said input; d. providing the subject with a further stimulus based on said characteristic; e. recording a further active input provided by the subject in response to the further stimulus; f. processing the further active input provided by the subject in response to the second stimulus to determine a further characteristic; and g. sequentially providing the subject with a plurality of further stimuli, each further stimulus being based on a characteristic determined from the active input made in response to the previous stimulus.
25. A method for inducing sleep substantially as described herein with reference to any appropriate combination of the accompanying drawings.