Patents by Inventor Raphael Auphan

Raphael Auphan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10610153
    Abstract: A sleep assist system to monitor and assist the user's sleep, comprising a bedside device positioned near the user's bed, the bedside device comprising a loudspeaker and a light source and optionally a microphone, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, a control unit, an air quality sensor, a display unit, a user interface. The sleep assist system further comprises a first sensing unit positioned in the user's bed and comprising one or more sensors adapted to sense at least pressure and/or changes in pressure exerted by the user lying in the bed. The system monitors the user's sleep, assesses the user's sleep cycles and the phase of sleep cycle, and provides the user with at least one light and sound program, the light and sound program being based on the assessment of the user's sleep cycles and the phase of sleep cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: WITHINGS
    Inventors: Raphael Auphan, Florent Dusanter, Ruiyi Yang, Nadine Buard, Cédric Hutchings, Bastien Rechke, Julien Gautier
  • Publication number: 20160015315
    Abstract: A sleep assist system to monitor and assist the user's sleep, comprising a bedside device positioned near the user's bed, the bedside device comprising a loudspeaker and a light source and optionally a microphone, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, a control unit, an air quality sensor, a display unit, a user interface. The sleep assist system further comprises a first sensing unit positioned in the user's bed and comprising one or more sensors adapted to sense at least pressure and/or changes in pressure exerted by the user lying in the bed. The system monitors the user's sleep, assesses the user's sleep cycles and the phase of sleep cycle, and provides the user with at least one light and sound program, the light and sound program being based on the assessment of the user's sleep cycles and the phase of sleep cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Withings
    Inventors: Raphael Auphan, Florent Dusanter, Ruiyi Yang, Nadine Buard, Cédric Hutchings, Bastien Rechke, Julien Gautier
  • Patent number: 8690751
    Abstract: A sleep system is provided that aids in achieving a sleep goal by controlling the environment near a person. The sleep system executes instructions on a processor that interfaces with the person and various environmental controls. As the instructions are executed, the sleep system receives a sleep goal for the person that includes varying the nearby environment. The processor may further execute instructions to create settings that vary at least one environmental condition of the environment over time as it relates to one or more cycles of a sleep architecture for the person. Varying at least one environmental condition near the person experiencing one or more cycles of the sleep architecture influences the quality of the person's sleep. The sleep system may further adjust at least one environmental condition in the vicinity of the person tailored to the sleep architecture for the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Raphael Auphan
  • Publication number: 20120296156
    Abstract: A sleep system is provided that aids in achieving a sleep goal through the control of an environment near a person. The sleep system includes a processor capable of executing instructions used for controlling one or more aspects of the environment and a memory capable of holding the instructions. Upon executing the instructions, the sleep system receives a sleep goal for the person that includes varying the nearby environment. The processor may further execute instructions to create settings that vary at least one environmental condition of the environment over time as it relates to one or more cycles of a sleep architecture for the person. Varying at least one environmental condition near the person experiencing one or more cycles of the sleep architecture influences the quality of the person's sleep. The sleep system may further adjust at least one environmental condition in the vicinity of the person in accordance with the sleep architecture for the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Raphael Auphan
  • Patent number: 7967739
    Abstract: A sleep system includes sensors capable of gathering sleep data from a person and environmental data during a sleep by the person. A processor executes instructions that analyze this data and control the sleep of the person and the environment surrounding the person. Typically, the instructions are loaded in a memory where they execute to generate an objective measure of sleep quality from the sleep data from the person and gather environmental data during the sleep by the person. Upon execution, the instructions receive a subjective measure of sleep quality from the person after the sleep, create a sleep quality index from the objective measure of sleep quality and subjective measure of sleep quality, correlate the sleep quality index and a current sleep system settings with a historical sleep quality index and corresponding historical sleep system settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: Raphael Auphan
  • Publication number: 20090264715
    Abstract: A sleep system includes sensors capable of gathering sleep data from a person and environmental data during a sleep by the person. A processor executes instructions that analyze this data and control the sleep of the person and the environment surrounding the person. Typically, the instructions are loaded in a memory where they execute to generate an objective measure of sleep quality from the sleep data from the person and gather environmental data during the sleep by the person. Upon execution, the instructions receive a subjective measure of sleep quality from the person after the sleep, create a sleep quality index from the objective measure of sleep quality and subjective measure of sleep quality, correlate the sleep quality index and a current sleep system settings with a historical sleep quality index and corresponding historical sleep system settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventor: Raphael Auphan
  • Patent number: 7524279
    Abstract: A sleep system includes sensors capable of gathering sleep data from a person and environmental data during a sleep by the person. A processor executes instructions that analyze this data and control the sleep of the person and the environment surrounding the person. Typically, the instructions are loaded in a memory where they execute to generate an objective measure of sleep quality from the sleep data from the person and gather environmental data during the sleep by the person. Upon execution, the instructions receive a subjective measure of sleep quality from the person after the sleep, create a sleep quality index from the objective measure of sleep quality and subjective measure of sleep quality, correlate the sleep quality index and a current sleep system settings with a historical sleep quality index and corresponding historical sleep system settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Inventor: Raphael Auphan
  • Publication number: 20050143617
    Abstract: A sleep system includes sensors capable of gathering sleep data from a person and environmental data during a sleep by the person. A processor executes instructions that analyze this data and control the sleep of the person and the environment surrounding the person. Typically, the instructions are loaded in a memory where they execute to generate an objective measure of sleep quality from the sleep data from the person and gather environmental data during the sleep by the person. Upon execution, the instructions receive a subjective measure of sleep quality from the person after the sleep, create a sleep quality index from the objective measure of sleep quality and subjective measure of sleep quality, correlate the sleep quality index and a current sleep system settings with a historical sleep quality index and corresponding historical sleep system settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: Raphael Auphan
  • Publication number: 20020103881
    Abstract: A method and system for integrating an application executing on a backend system with a mobile device that communicates over a network with the application. The integration includes retrieving from a storage area a method corresponding to a function in the application on the backend system, invoking the method corresponding to the function in the application and creating an interface to the application on the backend system. Information received from the application corresponds to the information requested by the mobile device. This information from the application is transformed to a format suitable for presentation on a mobile device by a presentation server and assisted by a hierarchical universal device library description of mobile devices and browsers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Francois Granade, Simon Waddington, Steve Roberts, Raphael Auphan