Conclusion

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Conclusion

We can conclude that our final product is a working prototype of the Smart Bedroom we dreamed of in the beginning. Our final product namely can measure the sleepphase of a single person real time. And our final product can also analyse these data to determine the ideal moment of waking the person. And when the person is awake, our final product will also pay attention to the feedback the person give. The output of our final product has the biggest potential. In our dream scenario, the Smart Bedroom should also control the blinds, temperature and lights in the room.

Future improvements

So the future improvements of our prototype are:

• The Smart Bedroom will be fully integrated in the bedroom. So Smart Bedroom will also controll the blinds, temperature and lights in your room.
• The Smart Bedroom will be working without usage of a laptop. So everything will be done on a single Arduino. Things we need then are extra memory storage, a soundboard and a keyboard with LCD for the feedback.
• The Smart Bedroom will also be working for couples who are sleeping togheter. So then, we've to do more research and maybe change the algorithm a bit.

Reflection

In the beginning of the project, it was difficult to start. The assignment was namely totaly open. During the first meetings, we had search for general information about our subject. But then, we'd to decide what we want to made as final product. First, we wanted to made a simulation. But this idea was very vague for us. But after working on the simulation for a whole week, we had another idea. We could also make a final product which measured the sleepphase real time. This final product had to wake the person at the ideal moment by analysing the gathered data.

So we collect the needed stuf to measure and analyse the sound during the sleep. When all the stuff was collected, we started by creating an algorithm which can measure the sound during your sleep and can calculate the sleepgraph out of this data. This part of the project went very fast. But when this part was finished, the test phase was started. This phase was much more difficult. This, because we had some problems with measuring a complete night. Also the output of the algorithm was more work as we aspected. There was namely confusion about the way we could play music on the arduino. Finally, it could be done on the computer.

When every script was made by itself, the hardest part started: combine all made scripts. This wasn't as easy as we thougth. But with some changings and a lot of testing, all scripts were working togheter.

The most importants things we've learned as group is how to make a project which is very open and that we have to think realy good what we want to made as final product in the beginning. We lost namely a lot of time by switching after a few weeks. Some things we've learned individualy are for example using matlab, programming of an arduino and of course a manner to sleep better.