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US 2011/0085423 A1Published application
Alarm Clock with Bedpost Pressure Sensor
AssigneeBrian Cottrell
InventorBrian Cottrell
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Abstract
An alarm clock with bedpost pressure sensor including an alarm clock in data communication with a pressure sensor that can be placed under a bedpost. The pressure sensor determines whether or not a bed is occupied based on the weight of the bed and its contents. If the pressure sensor detects that a bed is occupied then an alarm may sound, and if detects that the bed is unoccupied then the alarm is terminated.
Claims9
An alarm clock with bedpost pressure sensor comprising:
- an alarm clock unit programmable to produce an audible alarm signal at a preset time;
- a pressure sensing means in data communication with said alarm clock unit;
- wherein said pressure sensing means comprises:
- a load cell located beneath a bedpost of a bed;
- a load cell circuit capable of producing an electrical signal to indicate the amount of pressure across said load cell caused by the weight of said bed and its contents;
- a means of transferring data from said pressure sensing means to said alarm clock unit;
- and said alarm clock unit comprises:
- a means of receiving data from said pressure sensing means;
- a means of producing an electrical status signal based on data received from said pressure sensing means to indicate whether said bed is occupied or unoccupied;
- a means of disabling said audible alarm signal if said bed is unoccupied.
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