Apparatuses and methods providing variable support and variable comfort control of a sleep system and automatic adjustment thereof
AssigneeKingsdown, Inc.
InventorsRobert D. Oexman, David B. Scott
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Abstract
An apparatus and method providing variable support and variable comfort control of a sleep system, the apparatus including a sleep support member including: a comfort layer including: a plurality of comfort layer inflatable members; and a comfort layer sensor configured to provide data relating to respective pressures of the comfort layer inflatable members; a data analysis unit configured to analyze data provided by the comfort layer sensor and to generate analyzed comfort layer data; and a control unit configured to control a pressure within each of the respective comfort layer inflatable members using the analyzed comfort layer data.
Claims46
A sleep system comprising:
- a sleep support member comprising:
- a comfort layer comprising:
- a plurality of comfort layer inflatable members;
- and
- a comfort layer sensor configured to provide data relating to respective pressures of the comfort layer inflatable members;
- a data analysis unit configured to analyze data provided by the comfort layer sensor and to generate analyzed comfort layer data;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a pressure within each of the respective comfort layer inflatable members using the analyzed comfort layer data,
- wherein the sleep system further comprises a support layer comprising:
- a plurality of support layer inflatable members;
- and
- a support layer sensor configured to provide data relating to respective pressures of the support layer inflatable members;
- wherein the data analysis unit is configured to analyze data provided by the support layer sensor and to generate analyzed support layer data;
- and
- wherein the control unit is configured to control a pressure within each of the respective support layer inflatable members using the analyzed support layer data.
A method of controlling a variable sleep support member, the method comprising:
- determining whether a person is disposed on the sleep support member;
- if a person is disposed on the sleep support member, then:
- analyzing data relating to respective pressures of a plurality of comfort layer inflatable members that are arranged in a comfort layer of the sleep support member to generate analyzed comfort layer data;
- controlling a pressure within at least one of the comfort layer inflatable members using the analyzed comfort layer data;
- analyzing data relating to respective pressures of a plurality of support layer inflatable members that are arranged in a support layer of the sleep support member to generate analyzed support layer data;
- and
- controlling a pressure of at least one of the support layer inflatable members using the analyzed support layer data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.