Recent Progress in Long-Term Sleep Monitoring Technology

Abstract

Sleep is an essential physiological activity, accounting for about one-third of our lives, which significantly impacts our memory, mood, health, and children’s growth. Especially after the COVID-19 epidemic, sleep health issues have attracted more attention. In recent years, with the development of wearable electronic devices, there have been more and more studies, products, or solutions related to sleep monitoring. Many mature technologies, such as polysomnography, have been applied to clinical practice. However, it is urgent to develop wearable or non-contacting electronic devices suitable for household continuous sleep monitoring. This paper first introduces the basic knowledge of sleep and the significance of sleep monitoring. Then, according to the types of physiological signals monitored, this paper describes the research progress of bioelectrical signals, biomechanical signals, and biochemical signals used for sleep monitoring. However, it is not ideal to monitor the sleep quality for the whole night based on only one signal. Therefore, this paper reviews the research on multi-signal monitoring and introduces systematic sleep monitoring schemes. Finally, a conclusion and discussion of sleep monitoring are presented to propose potential future directions and prospects for sleep monitoring.

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“…However, it is worth noting that most of these papers focus only on commercially available devices found on the market [13,25]. Also, there is a notable absence of review articles that specifically delve into the advancements in EEG technology for sleep monitoring [17,21,26]. For example, [26] describes the research progress of bioelectrical, biomechanical, and biochemical signals used for sleep monitoring without going into deep details about sleep-monitoring systems that acquire them.…”

“…Also, there is a notable absence of review articles that specifically delve into the advancements in EEG technology for sleep monitoring [17,21,26]. For example, [26] describes the research progress of bioelectrical, biomechanical, and biochemical signals used for sleep monitoring without going into deep details about sleep-monitoring systems that acquire them. Also, it focuses on only a few EEG sleep-monitoring devices, providing limited insight into their design characteristics and properties.…”