Adjustable Bed Handheld Control for Unified Home Network Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing adjustable beds lack integration with other technologies commonly found in home and medical environments, limiting their functionality and user convenience, particularly for individuals with limited mobility who require control over multiple devices without leaving their bed.
Innovation Solution
The development of methods and systems that enable improved integration of adjustable furniture with various technologies, including lighting, air purification, audio, and entertainment systems, through modular controllers and programmable logic controllers, allowing for centralized control and communication using wireless technologies like Bluetooth and cellular networks, enabling users to control multiple devices from a single interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable beds are equipped with basic control functions only, then device complexity is low, but adaptability or versatility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The controller is designed to perform multiple functions beyond basic bed adjustment, including controlling lighting, audio, video, and other home entertainment systems. This multi-functionality approach allows a single device to serve as a universal remote control, thereby improving adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary device between the user and multiple systems (bed, lighting, audio, video). It receives user inputs and translates them into appropriate control signals for different target systems, simplifying the overall control architecture while enabling diverse functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple control devices are used for different functions, then adaptability or versatility is high, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple control functions into a single controller device. Instead of requiring separate remotes for bed adjustment, lighting, audio, and video, all these functions are merged into one unified interface, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining full adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller is designed as a universal remote that can operate multiple different systems through a single device. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for users to manage multiple separate control devices, thereby enhancing both versatility and operational simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If wireless communication technologies are integrated, then adaptability or versatility improves, but use of energy by moving object increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication system operates in a periodic manner, activating only when control signals need to be transmitted or received. Instead of maintaining continuous communication connections, the system enters low-power states between transmissions, thereby reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining communication capability.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure concerns a handheld control with a user interface adapted to facilitate a user in adjusting a parameter of an adjustable bed and a parameter of a home control system. A display on the user interface displays a graphical representation of the adjustable bed parameter and a graphical representation of the home control system parameter.