Advice on morning workday lights

My husband does too. I have some rules written that contain a virtual switch that directs lights to turn on based on motion. If it's on for longer than x number of minutes and if after a certain time, or both phones still docked, then change mode to quiet time. He likes to throw those in there for me to solve. Keep in mind that I don't want to have to consciously press a button or move something to indicate that I'm up.

I'm going to post a link to my project qi charger. You can check it out if you want. It's pretty basic and I've spent some time learning about glue as of late to solve the problem of the button slipping.

I've tried several software based triggers to detect orientation or motion. They're all very difficult to maintain and failed quite often. Very unstable.