Inflatable air mattress system architecture
AssigneeSleep Number Corporation
InventorsRob Nunn, Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Matthew Glen Hilden, Paul James Mahoney
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Abstract
A method may comprise receiving, at a central controller, a command, from a remote control, to adjust a feature of a first component of an air mattress framework; relaying, from the central controller, the command to the first component; receiving from the first component at the central controller, an indication of the success of the command; and relaying the indication from the central controller to the remote control.
Claims20
A system for controlling pressure of an air-chamber of a mattress, the system comprising:
- a pump controller that includes a housing that encloses a processor and a computer memory, the pump controller configured to send a command to energize a pump motor of a pump to send air to the at least one air chamber through a valve system, wherein a remote control and an peripheral controller are external to the housing;
- the pump;
- the valve system configured to fluidically connect the pump to the at least one air chamber for inflating the at least one air chamber;
- an interface for connecting to a data network that communicably couples the remote control, the peripheral controller, and the pump controller, the data network comprising:
- a first data link from the remote control to the processor such that the first data link passes through the housing;
- and
- a second data link from the processor to the peripheral controller such that the second data link passes through the housing;
- wherein the data network is configured into a star topology with the pump controller acting as the hub and the i) remote control and ii) peripheral controller acting as spokes, with no data link between the remote control and the peripheral controller.
A system for controlling pressure of an air-chamber of a mattress, the system comprising:
- the mattress comprising the air-chamber;
- means-for supporting the mattress;
- a pump controller that includes a housing that encloses a processor and a computer memory, the pump controller configured to send a command to energize a pump motor of a pump to send air to the at least one air chamber through a valve system, wherein a remote control and an peripheral controller are external to the housing;
- the pump;
- the valve system configured to fluidically connect the pump to the at least one air chamber for inflating the at least one air chamber;
- an interface for connecting to a data network that communicably couples the remote control, the peripheral controller, and the pump controller, the data network comprising:
- a first data link from the remote control to the processor such that the first data link passes through the housing;
- and
- a second data link from the processor to the peripheral controller such that the second data link passes through the housing;
- wherein the data network is configured into a star topology with the pump controller acting as the hub and the i) remote control and ii) peripheral controller acting as spokes, with no data link between the remote control and the peripheral controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.