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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Seiji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuro Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Seiji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuro Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a wake-up assisting apparatus including: an electrode which comes into contact with the parietal of the human body; a signal processing part which detects brain waves through the electrode, determines the sleep stage from the thus detected brain waves, and decides the wake-up time according to the sleep stage; and a stimulating part which gives stimuli to the human body at the wake-up time.