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US 8,266,742 B2Granted
Biometric bed configuration
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorKirill Andrienko
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Abstract
A bed has one or more electronically-controllable features. Input-output devices are used by persons to control the electronically-controllable features. A biometric input-output device obtains biometric data from persons who desire to control one or more of the electronically-controllable features. The bed may restrict access to or modify one or more of the electronically-controllable features based on the biometric data.
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A bed system, comprising
- a bed having at least one electronically-controllable feature,
- a biometric sensor operably coupled to the bed, the biometric sensor being configured to receive a first input from a user,
- a non-biometric input device operably coupled to the bed, the non-biometric input device being configured to receive a second input from the user to activate an electronically-controllable feature of the bed, and
- a controller operably coupled to the bed, the biometric sensor, and the non-biometric input device, the controller being configured to analyze the first input and output a control signal to enable or disable the non-biometric input device based on the first input.
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A bed system, comprising
- a bed having at least one electronically-controllable feature,
- a biometric sensor operably coupled to the bed, the biometric sensor being configured to receive a first input from a user,
- a non-biometric input device operably coupled to the bed, the non-biometric input device being configured to receive a second input from the user and being operable to activate or deactivate an electronically-controllable feature of the bed in response to the second input, and
- a controller operably coupled to the bed, the biometric sensor, and the non-biometric input device, the controller being configured to analyze the first input and determine based on the first input whether to activate the electronically-controllable feature of the bed in response to the second input.
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A bed system, comprising
- a bed having at least one electronically-controllable feature,
- a biometric sensor operably coupled to the bed, the biometric sensor being configured to receive a first input from a user,
- a non-biometric input device operably coupled to the bed, the non-biometric input device being configured to receive a second input from the user, and
- a controller operably coupled to the bed, the biometric sensor, and the non-biometric input device, the controller being configured to analyze the first input, modify an electronically-controllable feature of the bed in response to the first input, and initiate operation of the modified electronically-controllable feature in response to the second input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.