Adjustable Bed Snoring Detection and Position Shift
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for reducing snoring often disrupt the sleeper's rest by forcing a change in position or using vibrations, which can lead to frequent awakenings and incomplete sleep cycles.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable bed with a sensor assembly and motorized drive system that detects snoring sounds and subtly adjusts the mattress position from horizontal to inclined, encouraging the sleeper to change positions without waking them.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If a padded board is hinged and locked at an angle to force the sleeping person into side position, then snoring is reduced, but the sleeping person is pinned in position and cannot turn around, disrupting restful sleep
Solution Approach 1:
The mattress support member is made dynamically adjustable rather than fixed. The motorized drive assembly enables the mattress to pivot between horizontal and inclined positions, allowing the system to adapt to the snoring condition while preserving the sleeper's ability to change positions naturally during sleep.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical locking system that forces a fixed position is replaced with an automated motorized system. The sensor assembly detects snoring and triggers the motorized drive assembly to adjust the mattress angle, eliminating the need for physical constraints on the sleeper.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If a head support with vibrator is used to shake the sleeping person's head up and down, then snoring ceases, but the sleep of the person is interrupted numerous times throughout the night
Solution Approach 1:
The vibrator mechanism that physically shakes the sleeper is replaced with a motorized tilt system. The sensor assembly detects snoring and triggers gradual mattress angle adjustment, which naturally redirects airflow and stops snoring without physical vibration or awakening the sleeper.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the physical parameter of mattress angle rather than using vibration. By adjusting the inclination angle in response to detected snoring, the system modifies the sleeping geometry to eliminate airway obstruction while maintaining continuous sleep.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If sound devices or vibrators are used to subconsciously influence the sleeping person to change position, then snoring may be reduced, but the sleeping person is not reliably changed to a non-snoring position
Solution Approach 1:
Subtle vibration or sound influence is replaced with direct mechanical adjustment of the mattress angle. The sensor assembly provides reliable detection and the motorized drive assembly executes definitive position changes that reliably redirect the sleeper into a non-snoring configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the sleeper's own body weight and position on the adjustable mattress to achieve the therapeutic effect. By tilting the mattress, the sleeper's gravity-driven position naturally shifts to open the airway, eliminating the need for external vibration or sound cues.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively reduces snoring by allowing the sleeper to shift positions without waking, maintaining uninterrupted sleep.
Implementation Method 1
a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable bed includes a stationary frame, a first head deck mattress support member supported by the frame, a second seat deck mattress support member supported by the frame and pivotally coupled to the head deck mattress support member, a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring, and a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to the sensor assembly and to the first mattress support member. The adjustable bed may be such that detection of the snoring sound actuates the motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of the first mattress support member with respect to the second mattress support member. The sensor assembly may further be adapted to recognize a sound associated with snoring of a particular person and actuation of the motorized drive assembly may move the first mattress support member between an inclined position and a horizontal flat position. The sensor assembly may further be adapted, after cessation of the snoring sound for a specific length of time, to return the first mattress support member to the horizontal flat position.