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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, ZA;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Paul Robert Manger, Johannesburg, ZA;
Joshua Gabriel Davimes, Johannesburg, ZA;
Adhil Bhagwandin, Johannesburg, ZA;
Iiike Bianca Philander, Johannesburg, ZA;
Jerome Melvin Seigel, Oakland, CO (US);
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Braamfontein, ZA;
The Regents of the University Of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a systems, methods and apparatuses for controlling a sleep environment, particularly for controlling an indoor sleep environment, and to a method and system of waking a sleeping person. The invention monitors one or both of wet-bulb globe temperatures (WBGTs) within the sleep environment and outdoors with a view to either altering the WBGT within the sleep environment to mimic a nadir or inflection point typically found outdoors and/or generate an alarm when a nadir or inflection point of the WBGT outdoors is determined.