Adaptive Bed Surface Grid for Posture Correction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beds and mattresses fail to accommodate diverse user physiological and physical characteristics, leading to flawed postures that induce stress and discomfort, contributing to long-term health issues such as suboptimal spinal alignment and joint pain.
Innovation Solution
A bed with adaptive portions featuring actuators and sensors that adjust to correct user postures by determining flawed postures and implementing micro-adjustments to achieve a corrected posture, using a controller and machine learning models to process user attributes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If standard bed design is used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but user posture becomes flawed leading to health issues
Solution Approach 1:
The bed incorporates adjustable support surfaces that can dynamically change their configuration based on user needs. The support surfaces include adjustable head supports, lumbar supports, and leg rests that can be positioned at different angles and heights to correct flawed postures while maintaining spinal alignment, transforming a static bed into a dynamic posture-correction system.
Solution Approach 2:
The bed allows users to modify various parameters of the support surfaces including height, angle, and positioning. Users can adjust the head support angle, lumbar support position, and leg rest elevation to optimize their posture during sleep or relaxation activities, enabling personalized posture correction for different body types and conditions.
2Ease of manufacture
If fixed mattress firmness is used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but user comfort and spinal alignment become suboptimal
Solution Approach 1:
The mattress incorporates adjustable firmness mechanisms that allow users to modify the support characteristics of different regions. The mattress can transition between different firmness levels in response to user weight distribution and posture requirements, providing optimal spinal alignment while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the mattress can have different firmness characteristics and support properties. The mattress includes zone-specific adjustments for head, neck, lumbar, and leg areas, allowing each region to provide appropriate support for the user's body contours and posture needs while maintaining overall manufacturing feasibility.
3Ease of manufacture
If standard pillow thickness is used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but user head and neck posture becomes compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The pillow system incorporates adjustable thickness and shape mechanisms that allow users to customize the pillow according to their head and neck requirements. The pillow can be adjusted to different heights and contours to maintain proper spinal alignment during sleep or relaxation, preventing head and neck stress while keeping the design manufacturable.
Solution Approach 2:
Users can modify pillow parameters including thickness, shape, and firmness to optimize head and neck support. The pillow allows adjustable parameters such as height adjustment mechanisms and shape-molding capabilities that adapt to different user needs while maintaining relatively simple manufacturing processes.
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AI summary
A bed (102) with adaptive portion (108) is disclosed. The bed (102) includes a surface grid (106). The surface grid (106) includes at least one adaptive portion (108), at least one actuator (210) coupled to the at least one adaptive portion (108), a controller (608), and a memory (610) communicably coupled to the controller (608). The memory (610) may include a set of instructions which when executed by the controller (608), causes the controller (608) to determine a flawed posture corresponding to a user (902). The controller (608) generates an actuation signal comprising information associated with a corrected posture corresponding to the flawed posture to at least one actuator (210). Further, controller (608) adapts the at least one actuator (210) based on the actuation signal for adapting the at least one adaptive portion (108) in accordance with the corrected posture for correcting the flawed posture of the user (902).