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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Martijn Krans, Den Bosch, NL;
Thomas Jacob Theodoor Hagebols, Helmond, NL;
Arlette Van Wissen, Culemborg, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for an alarm silencing or suppression routine following activation of a wake-up alarm on an electronic device (). The method comprises, following the alarm activation, monitoring () light levels at a light sensor () of the device and automatically silencing () or otherwise suppressing the alarm signal responsive to sensing () a light level at the sensor above a pre-defined threshold. Following alarm signal suppression, a further confirmatory monitoring period follows in which light levels at the sensor continue to be monitored (). If they fall to below a further predefined threshold (), or below the original silencing threshold, the alarm signal is reactivated (). This ensures that a user has not returned to a darkened environment a short space of time after alarm silencing, which might lead to the user falling back to sleep.