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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Koji Kashima, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihiro Wakita, Tokyo, JP;

Takeshi Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Seiji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;

Natsuki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Koji Kashima, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihiro Wakita, Tokyo, JP;

Takeshi Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Seiji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;

Natsuki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 21/00 (2006.01); A61M 21/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/0476 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A47G 9/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/0478 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 21/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/0476 (2013.01); A61B 5/4812 (2013.01); A47G 9/1045 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0022 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0044 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0083 (2013.01); A61M 2230/10 (2013.01); A61B 5/0478 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a sleep aid device including: an electrode arranged on the surface of a pillow in such a manner as to come into contact with the scalp of a user; a brain wave signal acquisition section adapted to acquire a brain wave signal of the user via the electrode; an analysis section adapted to analyze the acquired brain wave signal; and a control section adapted to control the execution of a preset process according to the sleep stage representing the depth of sleep of the user identified by the analysis result.


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