Smart Adjustable Bed with Voice Control and Snoring Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing adjustable beds lack integration with smart technology for seamless voice control and automated adjustment to address user needs, particularly in preventing snoring through dynamic bed positioning.
Innovation Solution
A smart adjustable bed system incorporating a smart hub, server, and smart devices for voice-activated control and automated adjustment, including a motor system connected to a computer that receives signals from a device cloud to raise or lower the bed, and a smart hub capable of detecting snoring to adjust the bed position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a wired remote is used to control the adjustable bed, then the bed can be adjusted to change sleeping position, but the control requires manual operation and lacks automated response to user needs
Solution Approach 1:
The bed system automatically detects snoring through integrated sensors and autonomously adjusts the bed position to stop snoring, eliminating the need for manual intervention. The system serves itself by monitoring its own operational environment and making corrective adjustments without user input.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates sensors that continuously monitor sleeping conditions (such as snoring detection) and provide feedback to the control system, which then automatically adjusts the bed position in response to the detected conditions, creating a closed-loop control system.
2Extent of automation
If the bed is manually adjusted to stop snoring, then snoring can be prevented, but the system lacks intelligent detection and automated response capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable bed system integrates multiple functions including position adjustment, snoring detection through sensors, automated control, and cloud connectivity into a single multi-functional device, eliminating the need for separate manual intervention systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment with an automated electromechanical system that uses sensors to detect snoring and electronically controls the motor to adjust the bed position, substituting human operation with automated detection and actuation systems.
3Adaptability or versatility
If voice control and cloud connectivity are added to the bed system, then automated adjustment capability is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a smart hub or gateway as an intermediary between the bed motors and cloud-based voice control services, allowing the bed to gain sophisticated voice control and cloud connectivity capabilities while isolating the core bed mechanism from the complexity of smart technology integration.
Data Source
AI summary
A smart adjustable bed system combines an adjustable bed, a smart hub, a server, and smart devices to provide a system for controlling the raising and lowering of the adjustable bed. The smart hub acts as a gateway interconnecting the smart adjustable bed and a remote server capable of powerful voice recognition and artificial intelligence at a shared price. The system includes methods of using the system to allow an additional smart device such as a tablet computer to act as a remote control for the smart adjustable bed. The system further enables voice controls to be used to raise and lower the adjustable bed. Lastly, the voice recognition of the smart hub can be used to detect snoring and to send a signal to the adjustable bed to raise the bed to a position until the user reaches a position where snoring stops.