Individual identification and customized adjustment by a smart bed
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart beds lack the ability to differentiate between individuals using them and adjust features accordingly, leading to suboptimal comfort and functionality.
Innovation Solution
Integration of sensors on the mattress to detect respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature, and position, coupled with a processor that communicates with these sensors to identify individuals and adjust features such as firmness, temperature, and anti-snore functions based on their preferences or sleep conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If sensors and processors are integrated into the mattress to detect individual characteristics, then the ability to identify and differentiate individuals is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mattress is designed with multi-functional capabilities by integrating sensors that can detect multiple individual characteristics (respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature, position) and a processor that performs both identification and customization functions. This allows a single device to serve multiple purposes: identifying individuals, monitoring health metrics, and adjusting bed features accordingly.
Solution Approach 2:
A processor is introduced as an intermediary component that bridges the sensors and the bed's adjustable features. The processor receives data from various sensors, processes this information to identify individuals, and then sends control signals to adjust mattress firmness, foundation position, and other features. This intermediary enables complex individualized control without requiring direct complex connections between all sensors and all actuators.
2Ease of operation
If the smart bed automatically adjusts features based on individual identification, then user comfort and sleep quality are improved, but the extent of automation increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The smart bed system is designed to automatically perform identification and customization without requiring user intervention. When an individual enters the bed, the sensors automatically detect their characteristics, the processor identifies the individual and retrieves their preferences, and the system automatically adjusts the mattress firmness, foundation position, and other features. The entire process occurs without the user needing to manually input data or make adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors individual characteristics through sensors and uses this feedback to automatically adjust bed features. The processor receives real-time data from sensors about respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature, and position, and dynamically adjusts the mattress and foundation settings based on this feedback to optimize comfort and sleep conditions for the identified individual.
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AI summary
A smart bed that can identify one or more individuals on the sleep surface of a mattress of the smart bed. One or more features of the smart bed may be actuated or adjusted based on the identity of the individual on the sleep surface. Methods for identifying an individual on a sleep surface of a mattress of a smart bed and, optionally, actuating or adjusting at least one feature of the smart bed in response to the identity of the individual on the sleep surface are also disclosed.