AroNap: A Scent-based Nap Promotion System

Mayo Iizuka, Anna Yokokubo, Guillaume Lopez

2022

Abstract

Compared to other countries, Japanese sleep time is insufficient, and many people have reduced work efficiency due to daytime sleepiness caused by lack of sleep. The government recommends taking a nap as a countermeasure, but few Japanese do. This study developed a wearable sleep-onset / wake-up promotion system, ”AroNap,” that supported a short, effective nap and verified its effect. AroNap is a system that promotes falling asleep and waking up during a nap at an appropriate timing by attaching a computer-controlled scent diffusion device to a neck pillow. To verify the usefulness of AroNap and scent, we conducted an evaluation experiment to compare the effect on sleep quality of presence or absence of AroNap, the type of scent, and the sleep state according to the timing of use. We also evaluated the system using the system usability scale (SUS). Proper use of AroNap has been shown to improve sleep quality compared to other cases.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Iizuka M., Yokokubo A. and Lopez G. (2022). AroNap: A Scent-based Nap Promotion System. In Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 4: BIOSIGNALS; ISBN 978-989-758-552-4, SciTePress, pages 22-30. DOI: 10.5220/0010826900003123

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals22,
author={Mayo Iizuka and Anna Yokokubo and Guillaume Lopez},
title={AroNap: A Scent-based Nap Promotion System},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 4: BIOSIGNALS},
year={2022},
pages={22-30},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010826900003123},
isbn={978-989-758-552-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 4: BIOSIGNALS
TI - AroNap: A Scent-based Nap Promotion System
SN - 978-989-758-552-4
AU - Iizuka M.
AU - Yokokubo A.
AU - Lopez G.
PY - 2022
SP - 22
EP - 30
DO - 10.5220/0010826900003123
PB - SciTePress