Bed having logic controller
AssigneeSleep Number Corporation
InventorsWade Daniel Palashewski, Robert Erko, Robert Nunn, Gordan Redzic
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Abstract
A system can include a bed having a mattress, a sensor, and the data processing device. The sensor is configured to sense a feature of the mattress and transmit readings to a data processing device. The data processing device includes a processor and is configured to receive the readings from the sensor and determine if the readings i) indicate a user presence on the mattress and ii) indicate the user intends to sleep. The data processing device is configured to transmit a command to a peripheral controller responsive to determining that the readings i) indicate user presence on the mattress and ii) indicate the user intends to sleep.
Claims25
A system comprising:
- a mattress;
- a sensor configured to:
- sense a feature of the mattress;
- and
- transmit readings to a data processing device;
- and
- the data processing device comprising a processor and configured to:
- receive the readings from the sensor;
- determine if the readings i) indicate a user presence on the mattress and ii) indicate the user intends to sleep by comparing the user presence on the mattress with time windows of expected user going to bed events in a model of the user's sleep;
- and
- responsive to determining that the readings i) indicate user presence on the mattress and ii) indicate the user intends to sleep, transmit a command to a peripheral controller to modify the state of a peripheral device.
A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a sensor configured to sense a feature of a mattress, readings;
- determining if the readings i) indicate a user presence on the mattress and ii) indicate the user intends to sleep by comparing the user presence on the mattress with time windows of expected user going to bed events in a model of the user's sleep;
- and
- responsive to determining that the readings i) indicate user presence on the mattress and ii) indicate the user intends to sleep, transmitting a command to a peripheral controller to modify the state of a peripheral device.
A system comprising:
- means for supporting a user on a mattress;
- a sensor configured to:
- sense a feature of the mattress;
- and
- transmit readings to a data processing device;
- and
- the data processing device comprising a processor and configured to:
- receive the readings from the sensor;
- determine if the readings i) indicate user presence on the mattress and ii) indicate the user intends to sleep by comparing the user presence on the mattress with a model of the user's sleep, wherein the model of the user's sleep comprises data indicative of a sleep schedule that identifies time-windows;
- and
- responsive to determining that the readings i) indicate user presence on the mattress and ii) indicate the user intends to sleep, transmit a command to a peripheral controller to modify the state of a peripheral device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.