Bedding system with support surface control
AssigneeXSENSOR Technology Corporation
InventorsIan Main, Timothy Carl Gorjanc, Robert Miller, Chris Cooper
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Abstract
A bedding system uses machine vision to makes adjustments for comfort and/or support. In one aspect, a pressure mapping engine measures a two-dimensional pressure image of a sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system. A machine vision process analyzes the pressure image. A comfort and support engine adjusts a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based on the machine vision analysis.
Claims27
A method for automatically adjusting a bedding system for a sleeper who is sleeping on the bedding system, the method comprising:
- measuring, by a pressure mapping engine, a two-dimensional pressure image of the sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system;
- applying a machine vision process to analyze the pressure image to determine a position classification for a body position of the sleeper, comprising:
- identifying body parts of the sleeper from the pressure image;
- determining a position of the body parts relative to each other on the pressure image;
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- selecting a position classification for the body position of the sleeper, the position classification selected from a set of predetermined position classifications, the selection made based on the position of the body parts relative to each other;
- providing the position classification to a comfort and support engine;
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- while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system, adjusting, by the comfort and support engine, a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based at least in part on the position classification.
A comfort and support control system for automatically adjusting a bedding system for a sleeper who is sleeping on the bedding system, comprising:
- a pressure mapping engine that measures a two-dimensional pressure image of the sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system;
- a machine vision process that analyzes the pressure image to determine a position classification for a body position of the sleeper, comprising:
- identifying body parts of the sleeper from the pressure image;
- determining a position of the body parts relative to each other on the pressure image;
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- selecting a position classification for the body position of the sleeper, the position classification selected from a set of predetermined position classifications, the selection made based on the position of the body parts relative to each other;
- providing the position classification to a comfort and support engine;
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- the comfort and support engine that, while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system, adjusts a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based at least in part on the position classification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.