Bed monitoring system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsKurt Stadlthanner, Andreas Brauers
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Abstract
There is provided a bed monitoring system comprising a sensor for detecting and measuring the pressure or force exerted on a bed; and a processor configured to process signals from the sensor to identify a pressure or force pattern that is characteristic of a state of a user relative to the bed; wherein the pressure or force pattern is identified by examining the measured pressure or force over time.
Claims17
A bed monitoring system, comprising:
- a sensor for detecting and measuring the pressure or force exerted on a bed;
- and
- a processor configured to process signals from the sensor to identify a pressure or force pattern that is characteristic of a state of a user relative to the bed;
- wherein the pressure or force pattern is identified by examining the measured pressure or force over time.
A method of monitoring a bed, the method comprising:
- detecting and measuring the pressure or force exerted on a bed using a sensor;
- and
- processing signals from the sensor to identify a pressure or force pattern that is characteristic of a state of a user relative to the bed;
- the pressure or force pattern being identified by examining the measured pressure or force over time.
A computer program product, comprising computer program code that, when executed on a computer or processor, is configured to:
- process signals from a pressure or force sensor to identify a pressure or force pattern that is characteristic of a state of a user relative to a bed, the pressure or force pattern being identified by examining the measured pressure or force over time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.