Methods and systems for disabling sleep alarm based on automated wake detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10854066-B2
Application number	US-201916380122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2019
Priority date	Apr 12, 2018
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. More specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., sensor data or input(s) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. Upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied (e.g., that the activity-indicative data corresponds to one or more predefined characteristics), a disablement query can be displayed that includes an option to disable the alarm. In response to detecting a selection of the option, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
one or more data processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform actions including:
accessing alarm data that indicates that an alarm is enabled to present an alarm stimulus at a preset alarm time; and
prior to the preset alarm time:
collecting activity-indicative data that includes:
one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device; or
one or more inputs received at an interface of the electronic device;

accessing a wakefulness condition that is configured to be satisfied when the activity-indicative data has one or more characteristics that are specified in the wakefulness condition;
determining, based on the activity-indicative data and at the electronic device, that the wakefulness condition is satisfied;
in response to the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied, displaying a disablement query that includes an option to disable the alarm;
detecting a selection, responsive to the disablement query, of the option to disable the alarm; and
in response to receipt of the selection, disabling the alarm such that the alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.

2. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the actions further include:
detecting that a current time is within a predefined time before the preset alarm time; and
in response to the detection, activating the wakefulness condition such that the activity-indicative data is evaluated using the wakefulness condition, wherein the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied is made within the predefined time before the preset alarm time.

3. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the activity-indicative data includes the one or more measurements collected by the sensor of the electronic device;
the one or more measurements characterize a movement of the electronic device; and
determining that the wakefulness condition is satisfied includes:
identifying a movement metric based on the one or more measurements; and
determining that the movement metric exceeds a predefined threshold.

4. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the activity-indicative data includes the one or more measurements collected by the sensor of the electronic device, the sensor including an accelerometer, magnetometer, barometric sensor or gyroscope;
determining that the wakefulness condition is satisfied includes:
estimating a step count based on the one or more measurements; and
determining that the step count exceeds a predefined threshold.

5. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the activity-indicative data includes the one or more measurements collected by the sensor of the electronic device, the sensor including an accelerometer, magnetometer, barometric sensor or gyroscope;
determining that the wakefulness condition is satisfied includes:
estimating a magnitude of a rotation of the electronic device based on the one or more measurements;
estimating an orientation of the electronic device subsequent to the rotation; and
determining that the magnitude of the rotation of the electronic device exceeds a first rotation threshold and that the orientation of the electronic device is within an upright-indicative orientation range, wherein the wakefulness condition identifies the first rotation threshold and the upright-indicative orientation range.

6. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the activity-indicative data includes the one or more inputs;
the one or more inputs correspond to one or more interactions with one or more applications installed on the electronic device;
determining that the wakefulness condition is satisfied includes:
identifying, based on the one or more inputs, a duration of a time period across which it is estimated that a user of the electronic device interacted with the one or more applications; and
determining that the duration exceeds a predefined threshold, wherein the wakefulness condition identifies the predefined threshold.

7. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the activity-indicative data includes the one or more inputs, and wherein the one or more inputs include a biometric input or passcode input that triggers an unlocking of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the electronic device includes a wearable device;
the activity-indicative data includes the one or more measurements collected by the sensor of the electronic device;
determining that the wakefulness condition is satisfied includes determining, based on the one or more measurements, that the electronic device has transitioned from a separated state in which the electronic device was not being worn to a contacted state in which the electronic device was being worn.

9. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the actions further include, prior to the collection of the activity-indicative data:
collecting, at the electronic device, other activity-indicative data that includes:
one or more other measurements collected by the sensor; or
one or more other inputs received at the interface of the electronic device;

determining, based on the other activity-indicative data and at the electronic device, that the wakefulness condition is satisfied;
in response to the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied based on the other activity-indicative data, displaying, by the electronic device, another representation of the disablement query that includes the option to disable the alarm;
detecting a negative response to the other representation of the disablement query, the negative response including a lack of a response or an indication that the alarm is not to be disabled; and
in response to the negative response, refraining from disabling the alarm in response to the other activity-indicative data.

10. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the actions further include, prior to the collection of the activity-indicative data:
accessing a plurality of wakefulness conditions, the plurality of wakefulness conditions including the wakefulness condition and one or more other wakefulness conditions, each of the one or more other wakefulness conditions being configured to be satisfied when the activity-indicative data has other one or more other characteristics that are specified in the other wakefulness condition;
collecting, at the electronic device, other activity-indicative data that includes:
one or more other measurements collected by the sensor; or
one or more other inputs received at the interface of the electronic device;

determining, based on the other activity-indicative data and at the electronic device, whether any of the plurality of wakefulness conditions is satisfied; and
when it is determined that at least one of the plurality of wakefulness conditions is satisfied based on the other activity-indicative data, displaying the disablement query by the electronic device.

11. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 ,
wherein the alarm is associated with a wake-alarm classification, and wherein, for each other alarm of one or more other alarms that are enabled and that are not associated with the wake-alarm classification, the other alarm remains enabled despite the receipt of the selection of the option to disable the alarm.

12. A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, includ

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Rao Bharath Narasimha
• Chen Kevin Will
• Olsen Reed E
• Srinivas Umamahesh
• Lynch Kevin M

Classifications

• G04G13/025 Primary

  acting only at one preselected time · CPC title

• G04G21/025

  for measuring physiological data · CPC title

• G08B21/182

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title

• G08B25/008 Primary

  Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system · CPC title

• G04G13/021

  Details · CPC title