Bed with embedded smart sensors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10188222-B2
Application number	US-201715494937-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2017
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A smart crib is provided that includes a horizontal support platform and one or more vertical surfaces connected thereto that enclose a space above the horizontal support platform and/or define a space above the horizontal support platform. The horizontal support platform and/or the vertical surfaces may include one or more sensors that can be used to learn behavior of the crib occupant and/or determine conditions of the occupant and/or environment of the crib and/or the crib's surrounding area. The crib may receive responses from a client device and/or automatically act upon a detected condition in the crib or with the occupant.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bed, comprising:
a support platform of the bed;
a plurality of surfaces connected to the support platform and arranged to form a contained space above the support platform;
a sensor integral with at least one of the support platform or at least one of the plurality of surfaces;
a processor integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the processor configured to determine a condition of an occupant of the contained space in response to a signal received from the sensor, and to determine an action to be performed by the bed in response to the condition;
a microphone; and
an entertainment device integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, wherein the action to be performed by the bed comprises a noise to be produced by the entertainment device, and the processor is further configured to receive data from the microphone, to determine, from the data, an ambient level of sound, and to adjust a characteristic of the noise in response to the ambient level of sound.

2. A bed, comprising:
a support platform of the bed;
a plurality of surfaces connected to the support platform and arranged to form a contained space above the support platform;
a sensor integral with at least one of the support platform or at least one of the plurality of surfaces;
a processor integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the processor configured to determine a condition of an occupant of the contained space in response to a signal received from the sensor, and to determine an action to be performed by the bed in response to the condition, wherein the action to be performed by the bed has a measurable characteristic, and the processor is further configured to adjust at least one of a magnitude of the characteristic in response to a measure of time associated with the occupant or a frequency at which the action is performed in response to the measure of time associated with the occupant.

3. A bed, comprising:
a support platform of the bed;
a plurality of surfaces connected to the support platform and arranged to form a contained space above the support platform;
a sensor integral with at least one of the support platform or at least one of the plurality of surfaces;
a processor integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the processor configured to determine a condition of an occupant of the contained space in response to a signal received from the sensor, and to determine an action to be performed by the bed in response to the condition; and
a communication device integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the communication device configured to receive a message from a client device, the processor further configured determine the action to be performed by the bed in response to the message, the client device being a portable electronic telecommunication device.

4. A bed, comprising:
a support platform of the bed;
a plurality of surfaces connected to the support platform and arranged to form a contained space above the support platform;
a sensor integral with at least one of the support platform or at least one of the plurality of surfaces, wherein the sensor comprises a pressure sensor and a motion sensor; and
a processor integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the processor configured to determine a condition of an occupant of the contained space in response to a signal received from the sensor, and to determine an action to be performed by the bed in response to the condition.

5. The bed of claim 4 , wherein the bed comprises a crib.

6. The bed of claim 4 , further comprising a microphone, wherein the processor is further configured to receive data from the microphone and to determine, from the data, that the occupant is crying.

7. The bed of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to determine, in response to the signals including a signal from the pressure sensor that is indicative of two distinct pressure points, the state of the occupant to be a state of standing.

8. The bed of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to determine, in response to the signal from the pressure sensor being indicative of an area of pressure larger than the two distinct pressure points, the state of the occupant to be a state of sleeping.

9. The bed of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to determine, in response to the signals including a signal from the motion sensor that is indicative of motions by the occupant, the state of sleeping to be a restless form of sleep.

10. The bed of claim 4 , wherein the support platform having a first end and a second end, and further comprising a motorized mechanism configured to control a height of the first end with respect to the second end.

11. The bed of claim 4 , wherein a height of at least one of the plurality of surfaces is adjustable.

12. A bed, comprising:
a support platform of the bed;
a plurality of surfaces connected to the support platform and arranged to form a contained space above the support platform;
a sensor integral with at least one of the support platform or at least one of the plurality of surfaces;
a processor integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the processor configured to determine a condition of an occupant of the contained space in response to a signal received from the sensor, and to determine an action to be performed by the bed in response to the condition; and
a communication device integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the communication device configured to communicate, in response to the sensor having sensed that the occupant of the contained space is awake, a message to a client device being a portable electronic telecommunication device.

13. A bed, comprising:
a support platform of the bed;
a plurality of surfaces connected to the support platform and arranged to form a contained space above the support platform;
a sensor integral with at least one of the support platform or at least one of the plurality of surfaces;
a processor integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the processor configured to determine a condition of an occupant of the contained space in response to a signal received from the sensor, and to determine an action to be performed by the bed in response to the condition; and
a shield configured to shield the occupant of the contained space from an electromagnetic radiation, wherein the shield extends over at least a portion of the support platform or a portion of at least one of the plurality of surfaces.

14. The bed of claim 13 , wherein the shield is configured to shield the contained space from the electromagnetic radiation produced by at least one of a communication device integral with at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the sensor integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, the processor integral with the at least one of the support platform or the at least one of the plurality of surfaces, or a power connector for an electronic device for the bed.

15. The bed of claim 13 , wherein the shield covers at least a portion of

Assignees

• Google Inc
• Google Llc

Inventors

• Veron Maxime

Classifications

• A47D9/00

  Cradles {; Bassinets} · CPC title

• G08B25/08

  using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)} · CPC title

• A47D15/00 Primary

  Accessories for children's furniture, e.g. safety belts or baby-bottle holders · CPC title

• G08B17/10

  Actuation by presence of smoke or gases {, e.g. automatic alarm devices for analysing flowing fluid materials by the use of optical means} · CPC title

• G08B21/0205

  Specific application combined with child monitoring using a transmitter-receiver system · CPC title