Motion mattress control system

Abstract

The present invention relates to a motion mattress control system and, more specifically, to a motion mattress control system capable of analyzing a sleeping posture of a user using a body pressure sensor during sleep on a motion mattress having a plurality of strings divided into regions, and adjusting air pressure (hardness) of the divided (separated) strings according to the analysis result. The motion mattress control system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of strings provided inside a motion frame having a structure bent in multiple stages to adjust an angle; a body pressure sensor provided on the upper portions of the strings for regularly sensing a plurality of pressures (body pressure) of a human body during sleep and outputting the sensed pressures to a controller; the controller for autonomously learning a sleep posture using the plurality of body pressures to find a sleep pattern and determining a hardness suitable for the sleep pattern and controlling an air pump; and a plurality of air pumps connected to the strings for injecting or discharging air into or from the strings by control of the controller so as to adjust the hardness.

Description

Motion Mattress Control System

[0001] The present invention relates to a motion mattress control system, and more particularly, to a motion mattress control system capable of analyzing a user's sleeping posture using a body pressure sensor during sleep in a motion mattress having a plurality of strings with divided regions, and controlling the air pressure (hardness) of the divided (separated) strings according to the analysis results.

[0002] Generally, a bed is a piece of furniture placed in a bedroom for the user to sleep on, and is assembled by loading and fixing a mattress on a bed frame made of metal or wood.

[0003] The mattress may be detachably attached to the bed frame so that it can be replaced with another mattress of the same or similar specifications.

[0004] However, a mattress is a bed component that actually comes into contact with the user's body, and in order to provide comfort to the user, a plurality of spring members are placed inside, and a plurality of spring members are woven together using steel wires or the like to have a predetermined external shape, and then the external shape is finished with a mattress cover made of fabric or cushion material.

[0005] Recently, mattresses are being manufactured not with the traditional spring material but with materials that enhance the elasticity of latex or sponge in order to pursue diversification of functionality, and as a result, attempts to add motion functions to mattresses according to each user's lifestyle and sleeping pattern are increasing.

[0006] For example, a motion bed is provided that allows the angle of the upper part of the bed to be adjusted, that is, the angle of the upper part (back part, hip part, thigh part, leg part) to be selectively adjusted either electrically or manually (Utility Model Registration Publication No. 0423041).

[0007]

[0008] Recently, medical institutions have been conducting polysomnography tests in which users attach sensors to their bodies in an experimental environment and sleep while observing them through multiple cameras to obtain information about their sleeping postures, and information is collected / analyzed based on the results of the polysomnography tests. However, there has been a problem that it cannot fundamentally solve the problem of users' deep sleep, and in particular, it cannot solve the problem of users' deep sleep in the case of motion bed mattresses that can adjust the angle (motion mattress).

[0009] The present invention has been devised to solve the above-described problem, and the purpose of the present invention is to provide a motion mattress control system that analyzes a user's sleeping posture using a body pressure sensor during sleep in a motion mattress equipped with a plurality of strings with divided regions, and adjusts the air pressure (hardness) of the divided strings according to the analysis results to induce and maintain a good night's sleep in the user.

[0010] In order to achieve the above-described object, a motion mattress control system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of strings provided inside a motion frame having a structure that can be bent in multiple stages so as to be able to adjust an angle; a body pressure sensor provided on the upper portion of the strings to regularly sense a plurality of human body pressures (body pressures) during sleep and output the sensed pressures to a controller; a controller that learns sleeping postures by itself using the plurality of body pressures to find a sleeping pattern and determines a firmness corresponding thereto to control an air pump; and a plurality of air pumps connected to the strings to adjust the firmness by injecting or exhausting air into the strings under the control of the controller.

[0011] In addition, the air pump connected to the string with the highest body pressure among the plurality of strings is characterized in that it is independently controlled.

[0012] In addition, the motion frame is characterized in that a receiving portion for receiving a string is formed, and the receiving portion is divided into three sections corresponding to the head, waist, and hip areas of the human body by two guard forms that are spaced apart at a certain interval and extend horizontally, thereby receiving three strings.

[0013] Additionally, it is characterized in that the string size of the head and waist parts is formed larger than the string size of the hip part.

[0014] In addition, the air pump is characterized by having two air pumps, one air pump being connected to two strings in the head and buttocks area, and the other air pump being connected to a string in the middle waist area.

[0015] In addition, the controller is characterized in that it is mounted on a mounting portion formed on a motion frame at a position corresponding to the foot part of the human body and connected to a wired / wireless remote control.

[0016] And the above controller is characterized by being equipped with a Wi-Fi-Bluetooth set and wirelessly communicating with a user terminal having a sleep monitoring app installed.

[0017] According to the solution to the above-described problem, a user's sleeping posture is analyzed using a body pressure sensor in a motion mattress equipped with a plurality of strings with separate areas, and the air pressure (hardness) of the separated strings is adjusted based on the analysis results to induce and maintain a good night's sleep for the user.

[0018] Figure 1 is a block diagram of a motion mattress control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0019] Figure 2 is a drawing showing the configuration of the motion mattress and controller shown in Figure 1.

[0020] Figure 3 is an exploded view of the motion mattress shown in Figure 1.

[0021] Figure 4 is an example diagram of the pressure sensor shown in Figure 1.

[0022] Figure 5 is an example diagram of the string shown in Figure 1.

[0023] Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings.

[0024] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a motion mattress control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the motion mattress and controller shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the motion mattress shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of the pressure sensor shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram of the string shown in FIG. 1.

[0025] As illustrated in FIG. 1, a motion mattress control system according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to include a body pressure sensor (100), a controller (200), a user terminal (300), an air pump (410, 420), and a string (510, 520, 530).

[0026] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the motion mattress (10) has an upper cover (32), a cushion material (34), a motion frame (20), a guard foam (22), and a lower cover (24).

[0027] The motion frame (20) has a frame shape that can be bent in three or four stages to allow for angle adjustment, and is formed with a receiving portion (26) in which a string (510, 520, 530) and a guard form (22) are received, and a mounting portion (12) in which a controller (200) is mounted.

[0028] The above-mentioned receiving portion (26) is divided into a plurality of compartments by one or more guard forms (22) that extend horizontally and are spaced apart at regular intervals.

[0029] In the present invention, two guard forms (22) are provided, dividing the receiving portion (26) into three compartments, and the strings (510, 520, 530) are received in each of the three compartments.

[0030] At this time, the three compartments are respectively where the head, waist, and hip parts of the human body are located, and the first and second compartments of the head and waist parts are formed larger than the third compartment of the hip part, and accordingly, the first and second strings (510, 520) are formed larger than the third string (530).

[0031]

[0032] The above string (510) is made of, for example, 14 million strands of yarn (high-strength, low-shrinkage yarn made of polyester) (512) as shown in FIG. 5, and has an ideal structure for distributing body pressure by preventing the balloon effect through a three-dimensional three-dimensional weaving method and maintaining a perfect horizontal plane to evenly distribute different sizes of body pressure coming down from the human body.

[0033] The above strings (510, 520, 530) are described in detail in the registered patent No. 10-2302769 previously filed by the applicant of the present invention, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

[0034]

[0035] A pressure sensor (100) is provided on the upper part of the above string (510, 520, 530). In order to reduce cost (unit price) by optimizing the size while maintaining the sensing function of detecting body pressure, in the present invention, it is located in the middle left and right of the upper part of the first and second strings (510, 520) that are spaced apart from each other.

[0036] Therefore, the human body pressure sensor (100) mainly senses pressure from the waist and hips of the human body.

[0037] In particular, among the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd strings, the 1st and 3rd strings (510, 530) are responsible for about 20% of the body pressure, and the 2nd string (520) is responsible for about 60% of the body pressure.

[0038]

[0039] The above body pressure sensor (100) is formed by arranging a plurality of flexible thin film resistance lines (104) in a horizontal and vertical manner on an insulating fabric (102) as illustrated in FIG. 4. For example, the size is 800 * 1300 (mm), the number of sensing points (intersection points) is 540 (30 horizontal X 18 vertical), and the pressure range is 0 to 2.99 psi (Pound per Square Inch), but is not limited thereto.

[0040] The above body pressure sensor (100) senses the pressure of the head and waist of the human body at regular intervals (regularly) during sleep and outputs the pressure to the controller (200).

[0041]

[0042] The mounting portion (12) of the motion frame (20) on which the above controller (100) is mounted is formed on the foot part of the human body, and is mounted inside the motion frame (20), so that it is connected to an external wired / wireless remote control (250) to control the air pump (410, 420) using the controller (200).

[0043] In addition, the controller (200) has an MCU (210) and a Wi-Fi-Bluetooth set (220) inside, and the MCU (210) controls the first and second air pumps (410, 420) to adjust the hardness of each string (510, 520, 530), and provides monitoring information to the user terminal (300) through the Wi-Fi-Bluetooth set (220).

[0044] The above controller (200) tracks and analyzes the biological sleep rhythm and changes in the sleep environment during the night that change depending on the body condition that varies every day through the AI ​​algorithm and IoT technology of the MCU (210), learns the content, and automatically finds the optimal solution for each user.

[0045] The above user terminal (300) may be a terminal carried by the user, for example, a smartphone with a sleep monitoring app (310) installed.

[0046] Users can accurately determine their sleep status by recording and reporting their sleep patterns through the user terminal (300).

[0047] Meanwhile, as described above, the first and third strings (510, 530) are responsible for 20% of the body pressure, and the second string (520) is responsible for 60% of the body pressure, so the hardness of the first and third strings (510, 530) should be controlled together, but the hardness of the first and third strings (510, 530) and the second string (520) should be controlled separately.

[0048] That is, the second string (250) in the middle section, which is subject to the greatest load, is independently controlled.

[0049] Accordingly, among the air pumps (410, 430), the first air pump (410) is connected to the first and third strings (510, 530), and the second air pump (420) is connected to the second string (520) to adjust the hardness of the strings (510, 520, 530) by injecting or exhausting air into or from the strings (510, 520, 530).

[0050]

[0051] The above cushion material (34) is located on the upper surface of the controller (200), strings (510, 520, 530), pressure sensor (100) and motion frame (10), and may be made of, for example, a two-layer foam of memory foam and polyurethane (PU).

[0052] The upper cover (32) covering the upper surface of the above cushion material (34) provides a cooling function.

[0053] The lower cover (24) under the motion frame (20) is a configuration that forms the lowest surface of the motion mattress (10), and performs the function of supporting the motion frame (20) on its upper surface, and may be made of a square plate-shaped foam.

[0054] Additionally, the lower cover (24) can be manufactured from a sponge made of a natural material such as foamed rubber or a sponge made of a synthetic resin material such as foamed urethane.

[0055]

[0056] In the configuration of this motion mattress control system, hundreds of individual pressure sensors, i.e., body pressure sensors (100), automatically detect the user's movements and uncomfortable leanings during sleep, measure the pressure of the pressed area of ​​the body, i.e., body pressure, and output it to the controller (200).

[0057] The MCU (210) of the controller (200) uses AI to learn the user's sleeping posture using these hundreds of body pressures to find the sleeping pattern and determine the hardness of the user's head, hips, and waist areas accordingly.

[0058] With the delicate cushion hardness control function through the above controller (200), you can experience multiple levels of hardness with one motion mattress.

[0059] The MCU (210) of the above controller (200) controls the operation of the first air pump (410) and the second air pump (420) at the determined hardness to inject or discharge air into the first and third strings (510, 530) and the second string (520), thereby adjusting the hardness of the first and third strings (510, 530) and the second string (520), respectively.

[0060] By repeating these movements, the condition of the motion mattress (10) is adjusted for optimal sleep, allowing the user to get a good night's sleep.

[0061] The user terminal (300) can monitor his / her sleep status on the motion mattress (10) through the sleep monitoring app (310).

Claims

1. Multiple strings provided inside a motion frame having a structure that can be bent in multiple stages to adjust the angle; A body pressure sensor installed on the upper part of the string to sense multiple pressures of the human body (body pressure) regularly during sleep and output them to the controller; A controller that learns the sleeping posture by itself using the above multiple body pressures, finds the sleeping pattern, determines the appropriate hardness, and controls the air pump; and A plurality of air pumps connected to the above string and configured to adjust the hardness by injecting or exhausting air into the string under the control of the controller; Among the above multiple strings, the air pump connected to the string with the highest body pressure is controlled independently, and the air pumps connected to the remaining strings are controlled together. The above motion frame is formed with a receiving portion that receives a string, A motion mattress control system characterized in that the above-mentioned receiving portion is divided into three sections corresponding to the head, waist, and hip areas of the human body by two guard forms that are spaced apart at a certain interval and extend horizontally, and three strings are received, and the body pressure sensor is located in the middle left and right of the upper part of the strings of the head and waist areas.

2. In paragraph 1, A motion mattress control system characterized in that the string size of the head and waist portions is formed larger than the string size of the hip portion.

3. In paragraph 1, A motion mattress control system characterized in that the above air pumps are provided in two units, one air pump being connected to two strings in the head and buttocks area, and the other air pump being connected to a string in the middle waist area.

4. In paragraph 1, A motion mattress control system characterized in that the controller is mounted on a mounting portion formed on a motion frame at a position corresponding to the foot part of the human body and connected to a wired / wireless remote control.

5. In paragraph 4, The above controller is a motion mattress control system characterized in that it is equipped with a Wi-Fi-Bluetooth set and wirelessly communicates with a user terminal having a sleep monitoring app installed.

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