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US 11,800,942 B2Granted
Heated body pillow
AssigneeScott William Milne
InventorScott William Milne
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a heated body pillow are described. The pillow may receive, from a user device, one or more commands for adjusting an operating temperature of a heating element located inside an outer covering of the pillow. A power cord coupled to the heating element may be at least partially enclosed by a tubular shroud external to and coupled to the outer covering. The pillow may adjust the operating temperature of the heating element based on receiving the one or more commands.
Claims20
A method for operating a large body pillow, comprising:
- receiving, from a user device, one or more commands for adjusting an operating temperature of multiple electrical heating element located inside an outer covering of the large body pillow, said large body pillow, wherein a power cord coupled to the multiple heating elements are at least partially enclosed by a tubular shroud external to and coupled to the outer covering;
- adjusting the operating temperature of the multiple heating element based at least in part on receiving the one or more commands using a wireless connection from the user device;
- receiving an indication of a second operating temperature of a smart thermostat associated with a structure at a processor within the large body pillow;
- wherein adjusting the operating temperature of the electrical heating element is based at least in part on receiving the indication of the second operating temperature of the smart thermostat;
- wherein the pillow processor adjust the operating temperature of the large body pillow based on a configuration of the smart thermostat with the large body pillow transmitting a first command to the smart thermostat to lower the second operating temperature of a structure heating system associated with the smart thermostat to reduce energy consumption by the structure heating system.
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A heated body pillow, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory coupled with the processor;
- and
- instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the pillow to:
- receive, from a user device, one or more commands for adjusting an operating temperature of multiple electrical heating elements located inside an outer covering of the pillow, wherein a power cord coupled to the electrical heating element is at least partially enclosed by a tubular shroud external to and coupled to the outer covering;
- adjust the operating temperature of the multiple electrical heating elements based at least in part on receiving the one or more commands using a wireless connection from the user device;
- receiving an indication of a second operating temperature of a smart thermostat associated with a structure at the processor;
- wherein adjusting the operating temperature of the electrical heating element is based at least in part on receiving the indication of the second operating temperature of the smart thermostat;
- wherein the pillow processor adjust the operating temperature of the large body pillow based on a configuration of the smart thermostat with the large body pillow transmitting a first command to the smart thermostat to lower the second operating temperature of a structure heating system associated with the smart thermostat to reduce energy consumption by the structure heating system.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor embedded in a body pillow to:
- receive, from a user device, one or more commands for adjusting an operating temperature of a plurality of electrical heating element located inside an outer covering of a body pillow, wherein a power cord coupled to the electrical heating elements is at least partially enclosed by a tubular shroud external to and coupled to the outer covering;
- adjust the operating temperature of the electrical heating elements based at least in part on receiving the one or more commands;
- adjusting multiple vibrating elements within the heated body pillow using the user device to adjust vibrations and provide vibration sensations to different parts of a user's body according to at least one generated vibration pattern;
- receiving an indication of a second operating temperature of a smart thermostat associated with a structure at the processor;
- wherein adjusting the operating temperature of the electrical heating element is based at least in part on receiving the indication of the second operating temperature of the smart thermostat;
- wherein the pillow processor adjust the operating temperature of the large body pillow based on a configuration of the smart thermostat with the large body pillow transmitting a first command to the smart thermostat to lower the second operating temperature of a structure heating system associated with the smart thermostat to reduce energy consumption by the structure heating system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.