Article comprising a temperature-conditioned surface, thermoelectric control unit, and method for temperature-conditioning the surface of an article

A sleep system comprising:

• at least one body sensor;
• an article for adjusting a temperature of a surface having an interior chamber in fluid connection with at least thermoelectric control unit operable to heat and/or cool fluid entering the interior chamber;
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• at least one remote device in network communication with the at least one body sensor and the at least one thermoelectric control unit;
• wherein a user's location in a sleep cycle is determined by active data collection of the user's vital signs based on data generated by the at least one body sensor;
• wherein a smart alarm causes a temperature of the article to be increased based on a user's location in a sleep cycle and a preselected time;
• wherein a rate of temperature increase is selected based on the user's location in the sleep cycle to wake the user at the preselected time;
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• wherein the sleep system determines a sleep stage for the user, a sleep efficiency for the user, a time when the user began attempting to sleep (TATS), a TATS start time, a TATS end time, a total TATS duration, a time in bed (TIB), a TIB start time, a TIB end time, a total sleep period duration, a total sleep time, a sleep maintenance percentage, a total wakefulness duration, a wakefulness duration after initial sleep onset, a total number of awakenings, an awakening rate per hour, and/or a sleep fragmentation rate.

A sleep system comprising:

• at least one body sensor;
• an article for adjusting a temperature of a surface including an interior chamber in fluid connection with at least one thermoelectric control unit operable to heat and/or cool fluid entering and exiting the interior chamber;
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• at least one remote device in network communication with the at least one body sensor and the at least one thermoelectric control unit;
• wherein a user's location in a sleep cycle is determined by active data collection of the user's vital signs by the at least one body sensor;
• wherein a smart alarm causes a temperature of the article to be increased based on a user's location in a sleep cycle and a preselected time;
• wherein a rate of temperature increase is selected based on the user's location in the sleep cycle to wake the user at the preselected time;
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• wherein optimized parameters for the article are determined based on data from the at least one body sensor, and wherein the at least one remote device is operable to transmit the optimized parameters for the article to the at least one thermoelectric control unit.