Wearable Technology for Sleep Environment Modification
AssigneeSleepnea LLC
InventorRobert A. Connor
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Abstract
This invention is a system which automatically changes the firmness and/or configuration of a portion of a mattress on which a person sleeps based on changes in the person's body motion, body configuration, and/or snoring. The person's body motion or body configuration can be measured by a wearable motion sensor. The firmness and/or configuration of the portion of the mattress can be changed by inflation or deflation of the mattress or by electromagnetic adjustment of the compressive resistance of mattress springs.
Claims20
A system for modifying a person's sleep environment comprising:
- a wearable motion sensor that is configured to be wom by a sleeping person in order to measure the person's body motion or body configuration;
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- a mattress on which the person sleeps, wherein the firmness of the mattress is automatically changed based on the person's body motion or body configuration.
A system for modifying a person's sleep environment comprising:
- a wearable motion sensor that is configured to be wom by a sleeping person in order to measure the person's body motion or body configuration;
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- a mattress on which the person sleeps, wherein the shape, motion, slope, tilt, or configuration of the mattress is automatically changed based on the person's body motion or body configuration.
A system for modifying a person's sleep environment comprising:
- a snoring sensor which is configured to be in proximity to a sleeping person;
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- a mattress on which the person sleeps, wherein the configuration of the mattress is automatically changed when data from the snoring sensor indicates that the person is snoring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.