Automatically Adjusting Sleep System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current sleep systems fail to automatically adjust to provide optimal comfort and support as the user moves, leading to potential discomfort and health issues related to poor sleep quality.
Innovation Solution
An automatically adjusting sleep system with a mattress frame containing multiple air chambers, interconnected by air supply lines and valves, and pressure sensors, controlled by a programmable controller that adjusts air pressure in real-time to maintain a defined arrangement and provide optimal support and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional mattress is used, then the structure is simple and cost-effective, but it cannot automatically adjust to user movement and provides inconsistent support
Solution Approach 1:
The mattress is divided into multiple independently controllable air chambers arranged in zones, allowing different regions to be adjusted independently based on user position and needs. Each chamber can be controlled separately or in groups, enabling localized pressure adjustment without affecting the entire mattress.
Solution Approach 2:
The mattress transitions from a static structure to a dynamic system that automatically adjusts air pressure in response to user movement. Pressure sensors detect changes in real-time, and the controller dynamically modifies chamber pressures to maintain optimal support as the user shifts positions during sleep.
2Extent of automation
If air pressure is manually adjusted, then the system is simple to manufacture, but it requires user intervention and cannot respond to movement in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
Pressure sensors continuously monitor air pressure in each chamber and provide feedback to the controller. When movement is detected or pressure deviates from the target range, the controller automatically activates air valves to adjust pressure, creating a closed-loop control system that maintains optimal conditions without user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The mattress system performs self-adjustment through automated detection and correction of pressure changes. The integrated sensors and control mechanism enable the mattress to autonomously respond to user needs, eliminating the requirement for manual operation while maintaining consistent support.
3Ease of operation
If multiple air chambers are used to provide zoned support, then comfort and support are improved, but the system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Adjacent air chambers are grouped into zones that can be controlled together as a single unit. This allows the system to provide zoned support across different mattress regions while reducing the number of independent control circuits needed, balancing comfort enhancement with system simplicity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system ensures continuous comfort and support by dynamically adjusting air pressure within the air chambers as the user moves, enhancing sleep quality and addressing specific health issues such as pressure relief and improved circulation.
Implementation Method 1
one or more pressure sensors coupled to the one or more corresponding air valves indicating a current air pressure with each of the plurality of air chambers
Implementation Method 2
one or more interconnecting air supply lines coupling the plurality of air chambers and corresponding air valves, the air valves being coupled to a source of air pressure used to adjusted air pressure in each of the plurality of air chambers
Data Source
AI summary
An article of manufacture for providing an automatically adjusting sleep system according to the present invention is disclosed. The automatically adjusting sleep system includes a plurality of air chambers arranged within a mattress frame, each of the plurality of air chambers having a set air pressure contained within, a support frame coupled within the mattress frame and below the plurality of air chambers, one or more interconnecting air supply lines coupling the plurality of air chambers and corresponding air valves, the air valves being coupled to a source of air pressure used to adjusted air pressure in each of the plurality of air chambers, and one or more pressure sensors coupled to the one or more corresponding air valves indicating a current air pressure with each of the plurality of air chambers. Each of the one or more pressure sensors being configured to detect changes within one or more of the plurality of air chambers causing the set air pressure within each of the plurality of air chambers to be adjusted to maintain a defined arrangement of air pressure values within each of the plurality of air chambers.