System and method for bed height adjustment
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsKurt Stadlthanner, Andreas Brauers, Kai Eck
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Abstract
There is provided a control system for an adjustable height bed, the adjustable height bed having a raised position and a lowered position, the control system comprising an input for receiving signals from a sensor located in the adjustable height bed; and a processor for processing the received signals to determine the status of a user relative to the bed and for generating control signals for adjusting the bed to the raised position or to the lowered position on the basis of the determined status.
Claims12
A control system for an adjustable height bed, the adjustable height bed having a raised position and a lowered position, the control system comprising:
- an input for receiving signals from a sensor located in the adjustable height bed;
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- a processor for processing the received signals to determine the status of a user relative to the bed and for generating control signals for adjusting the bed to the raised position or to the lowered position on the basis of the determined status.
An adjustable height bed, comprising:
- a bed or mattress portion;
- a sensor associated with the bed or mattress portion;
- an adjustable height mechanism for adjusting the height of the bed or mattress portion to the raised position or to the lowered position;
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- a control system as claimed in any preceding claim coupled to the sensor and the adjustable height mechanism, the control system being configured to generate control signals for the adjustable height mechanism.
A method of operating an adjustable height bed, the adjustable height bed having a raised position and a lowered position, the method comprising:
- receiving signals from a sensor located in the adjustable height bed;
- processing the received signals to determine the status of a user relative to the bed;
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- adjusting the bed to the raised position or to the lowered position on the basis of the determined status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.