I-Corps: Dream Catcher: A High-Fidelity Baby Sleep Monitor

I-Corps：捕梦网：高保真婴儿睡眠监测器

• 批准号: 1522527
• 负责人: Elisha Merriam
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-15 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1522527&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Dream; Catcher; Fidelity; Baby

Sleep is a major problem for parents of young children. This is demonstrated by the large number of best-selling books on "sleep training" geared toward new parents, and by the numerous courses offered to new parents focusing on helping them get a better handle on their infant's sleep. But despite the attention given to educating parents about how to teach their children to sleep, getting a good night sleep remains one of the most anxiety-provoking aspects of parenting. There are a large number of baby monitors currently on the market, but none provide direct information about sleep. The majority of devices provide an audio monitor so that parents can hear whether their baby is crying. But sound is a poor proxy for sleep. The proposed project will solve this problem by developing the high-fidelity baby sleep monitor for use at home by parents.This I-Corps team will develop a consumer product that will provide better and more direct information about sleep. The team will leverage recent developments in both hardware and software to make measuring and monitoring sleep simple and cost effective, so that parents will be able to monitor their infant's sleep. The team will develop a product that provides parents with useful information about their baby?s sleep by comparing measurements from their baby with the rest of the database. The team intends to apply the technology in a wide range of neurometric consumer products including self-monitoring of sleep throughout the lifespan, monitoring arousal/vigilance of professional drivers (e.g.,truck drivers) and pilots, and monitoring arousal/vigilance of security personnel (e.g.,TSA).

睡眠对幼童的父母来说是一个大问题。针对新父母的大量关于“睡眠训练”的畅销书，以及为新父母提供的众多课程，都证明了这一点，这些课程的重点是帮助他们更好地掌握婴儿的睡眠。但是，尽管教育父母如何教孩子睡觉已经引起了人们的关注，但睡个好觉仍然是养育子女过程中最令人焦虑的方面之一。目前市场上有大量的婴儿监视器，但没有一个能提供关于睡眠的直接信息。大多数设备都提供音频监视器，这样父母就能听到他们的孩子是否在哭。但是声音并不能代表睡眠。该项目将通过开发供父母在家使用的高保真婴儿睡眠监测器来解决这一问题。这个I-Corps团队将开发一种消费产品，提供关于睡眠的更好、更直接的信息。该团队将利用硬件和软件的最新发展，使测量和监测睡眠变得简单和经济有效，这样父母就可以监控婴儿的睡眠。该团队将开发一种产品，为父母提供有关他们孩子的有用信息。通过将婴儿的测量数据与数据库中的其他数据进行比较，来研究他们的睡眠状况。该团队打算将该技术应用于广泛的神经测量消费产品，包括在整个生命周期中自我监测睡眠，监测专业司机（如卡车司机）和飞行员的觉醒/警惕性，以及监测安全人员（如TSA）的觉醒/警惕性。