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JP-2026514206-A - Method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information or evaluations related to a user's sleep.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for generating a graphic user interface that shows an evaluation of a user's sleep, comprising: a sleep information acquisition step of acquiring sleep information from one or more sleep information sensor devices—the sleep information includes the user's sleep acoustic information; a sleep phrase generation step of generating a sleep phrase that includes at least two words that show an evaluation of the user's sleep based on the acquired sleep information; and a step of displaying a graphic user interface that includes the generated phrase, wherein the method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep is as described above. [Selection Diagram] Figure 16

Inventors

  • イ、ドンフン
  • ジョ、ウクナム
  • チェ、ジヘ
  • キム、スンフン
  • ホン、ジュンキ
  • パク、ヘア
  • キム、ヒョングック
  • カン、ソラ
  • ベ、ジェヒョン
  • キム、ジョンモク
  • キム、デウ
  • キム、ソンヨン

Assignees

  • エースリープ カンパニー リミテッド

Dates

Publication Date
20260507
Application Date
20231023
Priority Date
20221101

Claims (20)

  1. A method for generating a graphic user interface that shows an evaluation of a user's sleep, The sleep information acquisition step involves acquiring sleep information from one or more sleep information sensor devices, the sleep information including the user's sleep acoustic information, A sleep phrase generation step that generates a sleep phrase containing at least two words that indicate an evaluation of the user's sleep based on the acquired sleep information, The steps include: displaying a graphic user interface containing the generated phrase; A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep.
  2. The aforementioned sleep phrase generation step is A first sleep phrase generation stage generates text that is of high importance among the user's evaluation of sleep, A second sleep phrase generation stage includes generating text that constitutes an evaluation of the user's sleep, A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in claim 1.
  3. The aforementioned sleep phrase generation step is A third sleep phrase generation stage is included, which generates advice text based on the user's sleep evaluation. A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in claim 2.
  4. The aforementioned sleep phrase generation step is The process further includes a lookup table sleep phrase extraction step, which extracts the sleep phrases based on a lookup table. A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in any one of claims 1 to 3.
  5. The aforementioned lookup table sleep phrase extraction step is: Based on the aforementioned sleep information, a lookup table classifies the user's sleep characteristics into stages, The step includes extracting sleep phrases based on the lookup table corresponding to the sleep characteristics of the user, A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in claim 4.
  6. The aforementioned sleep phrase generation step is The process further includes a large-scale language model sleep phrase generation step, which generates the sleep phrases based on a large-scale language model. A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in any one of claims 1 to 3.
  7. The aforementioned large-scale language model sleep phrase generation stage is, Based on the aforementioned sleep information, a large-scale language model classifies the user's sleep characteristics, and The process includes the step of generating sleep phrases using the user's sleep characteristics as input to the large-scale language model, A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in claim 6.
  8. The aforementioned sleep information acquisition stage is, The process further includes a sleep information conversion step that converts the user's sleep acoustic information in the time domain into information in the frequency domain. A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in claim 1.
  9. The aforementioned sleep information acquisition stage is, This method further includes a sleep information inference stage, in which sleep acoustic information is used as input to a sleep information inference deep learning model to infer information about sleep. A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in claim 1 or 8.
  10. The aforementioned sleep information includes sleep environment information or user lifestyle information. A method for generating one or more graphic user interfaces that show an evaluation of a user's sleep as described in claim 1.
  11. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep, The process involves acquiring sleep information of the user from one or more sleep information sensor devices, including the user's sleep acoustic information, and Based on the user's sleep information obtained above, the user's sleep state information is obtained in real time - the user's sleep state information includes multiple sleep stage information - sleep state information acquisition stage, A sleep state information graph generation step, which generates a graph showing the user's sleep state information according to time based on the acquired sleep state information, The step includes displaying a graphic user interface that includes the generated graph, A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep.
  12. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep, The process involves acquiring sleep information of the user from one or more sleep information sensor devices, including the user's sleep acoustic information, and Based on the user's sleep information obtained above, the user's sleep state information is obtained – the user's sleep state information includes multiple sleep stage information – sleep state information acquisition step, Based on the acquired sleep state information, a graph is generated showing the user's sleep state information according to time – the graph includes multiple rectangles – a sleep state information graph generation step, The step includes displaying a graphic user interface that includes the generated graph, A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep.
  13. The aforementioned sleep state information graph includes a plurality of rectangles, each corresponding to one of the plurality of sleep stages. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep, as described in claim 12.
  14. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep, The process involves acquiring sleep information of the user from one or more sleep information sensor devices, including the user's sleep acoustic information, and Based on the user's sleep information obtained above, the user's sleep state information is obtained – the user's sleep state information includes multiple sleep stage information – sleep state information acquisition step, Based on the acquired sleep state information, a graph showing the user's sleep state information according to time is generated - the graph showing the user's sleep state information represents the sleep state information discretely - sleep state information graph generation stage, The step includes displaying a graphic user interface that includes the generated graph, A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep.
  15. The sleep state information graph includes a plurality of discrete figures, each corresponding to one of the plurality of sleep stages. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep, as described in claim 14.
  16. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep, The process involves acquiring sleep information of the user from one or more sleep information sensor devices, including the user's sleep acoustic information, and Based on the user's sleep information obtained above, the user's sleep state information is obtained – the user's sleep state information includes multiple sleep stage information – sleep state information acquisition step, Based on the acquired sleep state information, a graph is generated showing the user's sleep state information according to time – the graph includes multiple rectangles – a sleep state information graph generation step, The step includes displaying a graphic user interface that includes the generated graph, The sleep state information graph includes a plurality of rectangles, each corresponding to one of the plurality of sleep stages. The graphic user interface includes a plurality of regions, each assigned to one of the plurality of sleep stages. Each of the multiple rectangles included in the sleep state information graph is displayed only in the region assigned to the corresponding sleep stage among the multiple regions. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep.
  17. The boundaries between multiple regions included in the aforementioned graphic user interface are represented in such a way that at least one of them is distinguished by a line. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep as described in claim 16.
  18. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep, The process involves acquiring sleep information of the user from one or more sleep information sensor devices, including the user's sleep acoustic information, and Based on the user's sleep information obtained above, the user's sleep state information is obtained – the user's sleep state information includes multiple sleep stage information – sleep state information acquisition step, Based on the acquired sleep state information, a graph is generated showing the user's sleep state information over time—each graph contains multiple figures corresponding to multiple sleep stages, but at least one of the figures is isolated from the rest—a sleep state information graph generation stage, The step includes displaying a graphic user interface that includes the generated graph, A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep.
  19. The aforementioned sleep state information acquisition step is: The acoustic information in the time domain included in the acquired sleep information is converted into information in the frequency domain. The method is characterized by acquiring the user's sleep state information based on the converted information in the frequency domain. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep as described in any one of claims 11 to 18.
  20. In the sleep state information acquisition stage, the converted information in the frequency domain is characterized in that it is a spectrogram. A method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information about a user's sleep, as described in claim 19.

Description

This invention relates to a method for providing a graphic user interface that displays information or evaluations related to a user's sleep. While there are various ways to maintain and improve health, such as exercise and diet, managing sleep, which accounts for more than 30% of our day, is of paramount importance. However, despite the simple labor replacement by machines and a more comfortable lifestyle, modern people suffer from sleep disorders such as insomnia, excessive sleep, sleep apnea, nightmares, night terrors, and sleepwalking, due to irregular eating and lifestyle habits and stress, which prevent them from getting restful sleep. According to the National Health Insurance Corporation, the number of sleep disorder patients in Japan increased by an average of approximately 8% annually from 2014 to 2018, reaching approximately 570,000 patients in 2018 who received treatment for sleep disorders in Japan. While interest in deep sleep is increasing due to its recognition as a crucial factor influencing physical and mental health, the reality is that users' efforts towards treatment are insufficient because improving sleep disorders requires direct visits to specialized medical institutions, incurring additional examination fees, and continuous management is difficult. Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2023-0012133 discloses an electronic device and method of operation that provides a user interface corresponding to sleep states. It discloses the ability to detect abnormal REM sleep events and provide a user interface based on specified action information in response to these events. However, conventional technology detects abnormal REM sleep stages by looking at the overall sleep stage, which may lead to lower accuracy in measuring those specific sleep stages and a failure to detect sleep-related events in real time. Furthermore, it has the limitation of not providing intuitive evaluations of the quality of sleep for the average consumer who is not a sleep expert. As a result, recent research is progressing on methods for general users to evaluate the quality of their own sleep through sleep stage analysis, and on detecting sleep disorders that occur during sleep. Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2023-0012133 discloses an electronic device and method of operation that provides a user interface corresponding to sleep states. It discloses the ability to detect abnormal REM sleep events and provide a user interface based on specified action information in response to these events. However, conventional technology detects abnormal REM sleep stages by looking at the overall sleep stage, which may lead to lower accuracy in measuring those specific sleep stages. Furthermore, because the basic measurement unit consists of several minutes, it may not be able to detect sleep-related events in real time. On the other hand, Figures 31a to 31e are diagrams showing hypnograms of sleep stage information represented by a conventional sleep measurement interface. However, conventional techniques, when representing sleep stages in a graph, do not represent the shapes assigned to the first and second sleep stages discretely, but rather continuously. This can lead to the misconception that one must pass through other sleep stages before moving from the first to the second sleep stage. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 31c or Figure 31d, even if the figures representing the wakefulness stage were displayed separately from those representing other sleep stages, the continuous display of figures corresponding to other sleep stages within the areas allocated to those stages made it difficult to clearly understand which sleep stage was occurring at that particular time. As a result, recent research is progressing on how to intuitively represent sleep state information, including sleep stages, through graphs. Figure 1a is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system in which various forms of a device that generates one or more graphic user interfaces displaying information about a user's sleep, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can be realized. Figure 1b is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system in which various forms of a device providing one or more graphic user interfaces that display information about a user's sleep, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can be realized. Figure 2a is a conceptual diagram showing a system in which one or more graphic user interfaces displaying information about the user's sleep are generated and/or provided on the user's terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2b is a conceptual diagram showing a system in which various forms of diverse electronic devices according to the present invention can be realized. Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device/device that generates/provides one or more graphic user interfaces displaying information about a user's sleep, according to one embodiment of the present inv