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SAMi Sleep Activity Monitor

sleep activity monitor

SAMi® is a sleep activity monitor for individuals, parents and caregivers who need to watch carefully for unusual movements at night.

  • Video based movement detection and recording
  • Works with Apple iPhone or iPad
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Smart Monitoring

During sleep, audio-video information from a remote infrared video camera is sent to an app that runs on an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad mini. The SAMi app records and analyzes the video for unusual activity. When an unusual event is detected, it sounds an alarm and records live audio and video from the SAMi network camera. Within seconds, the individual or caregiver can take any necessary action.

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Detect Abnormal Movements During Sleep

SAMi's free monitoring app utilizes patented motion detection filtering technology to identify and detect abnormal sleep behaviors and forms of motion.

Be alerted to what matters without the false alarms, or increase alarm sensitivity to alert even the most subtle of movements!

Shaking

Jerking

Spasms

Peddling

Rocking

Twitching

Finger or toe wagging

Eye fluttering

Sleep walking

Restless Legs

Coughing spells

Vomiting

Crying

Playing / non-sleep

... and much more!

 

Hands free recording

Record continuously, never, or just the motion events. 

Review An Entire Night Of Behavior In Minutes

Gauge Overall Sleep Quality + Restlessness

Allow Doctors To See And Hear Exactly What's Happening

Uncover New Behaviours And Track Changes Over Time

⇒ 256-Bit AES Encryption

 

⇒ High Fidelity Video Audio

 

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Compare the SAMi features to other common monitoring methods

Co-sleeping

The gold standard method for monitoring a child but it can be very hard on both parents and child. Most parents are very sensitive to their child’s movements, which means that sounds and even normal tossing and turning results in multiple awakenings. Co-sleeping can be a privacy compromise for the parents as well as the child.

​A baby monitor

Another common device for monitoring someone. Baby monitors are inexpensive, but they only alert the parents to noise. Similar to co-sleeping, hyper-vigilant parents typically are awakened multiple times in the night by benign noises. If a monitor is only sensitive to sounds, you often need to actually go to the child’s room to investigate, possibly waking the child. Although newer video baby monitors let you look for a problem remotely, they still typically rely on audio only. Not all abnormal movements are accompanied by sound.

​Mechanical movement monitors

​Mechanical movement monitors that detect physical shaking are often very effective. Some systems attach to the bed and detect rhythmic shaking. Others use a sensor worn on the body. These have been proven very effective but generally only detect and alert in the case of rhythmic motion. They also do not provide a live video and audio display for quick confirmation or make recordings for later review.

Other ways to use SAMi

Self Monitoring

Living alone presents additional challenges for those who take medication for conditions that occur during sleep. A SAMi system setup in your own bedroom provides you with time-stamped recordings of your movements during the night. The next morning you can easily review the events that were recorded. You can configure SAMi to record with or without the alarm feature. If the alarm is enabled, it sounds until you silence it, which might be an important factor for determining if any action is needed, such as taking additional medication.

Travel

SAMi is available with and without a dedicated Wi-Fi router. The SAMi kit provides you with a completely portable monitoring system. This gives you the freedom to continue to monitor your child from any nearby location, such as an adjacent hotel room. Note that you are limited to a range of roughly 50ft/15m.

About the Technology

SAMi has two parts:

  • A wireless video camera with infrared illuminators that enable a good quality image, even in complete darkness.
  • An iPhone or iPad running the free SAMi application.

The SAMi Application

A customizable program that searches and analyzes video information for “qualified” events. If an event occurs, an audible alarm sounds on the iPhone or iPod and live video and audio is displayed. The application timestamps and archives recordings from the video camera for later review.

Product Features

Infrared camera with night-time illuminators

Operates in complete darkness.

Wall mount attachment point

Use with supplied bracket for flexible installation. Optional wired Ethernet connection for maximum reliability and performance.

Sophisticated motion sensing

Temporal and spatial filtering increases sensitivity and reduces false alarms.

Real-time status reporting

Alerts you to events and problems.

Live video and audio

Quickly analyzes whether action is required.

Settings page

Allows you to fine tune the performance for your needs. You can customize the alarm volume and sensitivity, the display brightness, and the monitoring start and stop times.

Clock mode

Monitoring continues but live video is disabled for privacy. The display will automatically switch back to live video and audio when the alarm sounds or on command.

Recordings log

Only motion is recorded and all recordings are stored on the iOS device for easy review.

Highlighted alerts

Recordings made during an alarm are identified and easily found.

Playback controls

Allow you to quickly review recordings.

MPEG 4 standard format

Recordings are an iPhone-compatible format using MPEG 4 with AAC audio. This format provides for easy and secure transfer to a computer for sharing.

Flexible Scheduling

Both recording and alarm enable times are individually programmable.

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