Touch Remote Control for Adjustable Beds and Connected Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing adjustable beds lack the ability to control additional devices and provide independent functions, limiting user convenience and independence, especially for individuals with medical needs who spend significant time in these beds.
Innovation Solution
A handheld remote control with touch sensors and a transmitter that allows users to adjust various parameters of the adjustable bed, including massage settings, audio-visual systems, HVAC, kitchen appliances, and alarm systems, using capacitive touch sensors and transceivers for communication with the bed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a basic adjustable bed with simple actuators is used, then the bed can provide basic position adjustment, but it cannot control additional devices or provide independent functions for users
Solution Approach 1:
The handheld remote control is designed to perform multiple functions: controlling bed position adjustment, massage settings, audio-visual systems, HVAC, kitchen appliances, and alarm systems. This single device serves as a universal controller for all these different functions, eliminating the need for separate controls for each device and thereby increasing adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The handheld remote control acts as an intermediary device between the user and multiple controlled systems. Instead of directly controlling each device separately, the user interacts with a single remote control that communicates with various bed functions and connected devices, simplifying the user interface while maintaining comprehensive control capability.
2Ease of operation
If multiple separate controls are provided for different bed functions, then each function can be controlled precisely, but the user cannot control multiple devices from a single interface
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple control functions that were previously distributed across separate controls are merged into a single handheld remote control. The remote integrates buttons and interfaces for bed position adjustment, massage control, and connectivity to external devices, allowing users to operate all functions from one unified device, thereby improving ease of operation and user independence.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a simple remote control interface is used, then the device is easy to operate, but it cannot provide control over multiple device types and functions
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: bed position control buttons, massage setting controls, and connectivity indicators for external devices. This segmentation allows each function to have its own dedicated control elements, making the interface intuitive and easy to navigate while still providing comprehensive control over multiple device types and functions.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides an adjustable bed handheld remote control that may include a handheld housing, a touch sensor on a front face of the handheld housing, a transmitter and the like. The touch sensor may be presented in a slider form and may be adapted to facilitate a user in adjusting a frame position of an adjustable bed. The transmitter may be electrically coupled to a processor and may receive input from the touch sensor, for communication control signals to the adjustable bed in accordance with the input received from the touch sensor.