Diagnostics of bed and bedroom environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10729255-B2
Application number	US-201816213265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2018
Priority date	Aug 6, 2015
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

A data processing system is configured to sense a pressure readings of an air-mattress. If the pressure readings are below a target pressure value representing a desired pressure for the air-mattress, the data processing system can transmit, to an air-pump, first instructions to increase the air pressure of the air mattress and determine a replacement value representing the amount of air pumped into the air mattress by the air-pump. The data processing system can compare the replacement value to a slow-leak threshold and to a catastrophic-leak threshold. The data processing system can, responsive to a determination that the replacement value is greater than the slow-leak value and less than the catastrophic-leak value, transmit, to the air-pump, second instructions to increase the air pressure of the air mattress to replace air in the air mattress lost to a slow leak so as to maintain the desired pressure for the air-mattress.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a bed having an air-mattress having an air pressure;
a data processing system configured to:
sense a pressure readings of the air-mattress indicative of the air pressure of the air-mattress;
determine if the pressure readings are below a target pressure value representing a desired pressure for the air-mattress;
responsive to a determination that the pressure readings are below the target pressure value, transmit, to an air-pump, first instructions to increase the air pressure of the air mattress;
determine a replacement value representing the amount of air pumped into the air mattress by the air-pump;
compare the replacement value to a slow-leak threshold and to a catastrophic-leak threshold, wherein the slow-leak threshold is a value that represents an amount of air corresponding to a slow leak in the air-mattress and wherein the catastrophic-leak threshold represents an amount of air corresponding to a catastrophic leak in the air-mattress; and
responsive to a determination that the replacement value is greater than the slow-leak threshold and less than the catastrophic-leak threshold, transmit, to the air-pump, second instructions to increase the air pressure of the air mattress to replace air in the air mattress lost to a slow leak so as to maintain the desired pressure for the air-mattress; and

an air-pump configured to selectively increase the air-pressure of the air-mattress by pumping air into the air mattress in response to receiving the first instructions or the second instructions.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data processing system is further configured to, responsive to a determination that the replacement value is greater than the catastrophic-leak threshold, transmit, to the air-pump, third instructions to shut down the air-pump.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data processing system is further configured to, responsive to a determination that the replacement value is greater than the catastrophic-leak threshold, transmit an error code indicative of a catastrophic leak.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data processing system is further configured to, responsive to a determination that the replacement value is less than the slow-leak threshold, transmit, to the air-pump, fourth instructions to increase the air pressure of the air mattress to replace air in the air mattress lost to normal use so as to maintain the desired pressure for the air-mattress.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data processing system is further configured to, responsive to a determination that the replacement value is greater than the slow-leak threshold and less than the catastrophic-leak threshold, transmit, over the internet, a report of a slow leak to a cloud service.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the air-pump is a variable speed pump that is configured to selectively increase the air-pressure of the air-mattress by selectively pumping air into the air mattress at a variable speed; and
the second instructions comprise a value for the variable speed.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the replacement value is a measure over time and the value for the variable speed of the second instructions is the replacement value.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system includes a housing that integrates both the data processing system and the pump within the housing.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data processing system comprises a motherboard having a printed network configured to connect elements of the data processing system.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the motherboard comprises a pump controller that is configured to control functions of the air-pump.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the motherboard is in data communication with a daughterboard that is configured to control functions of the air- pump.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein data processing system further comprising a sensor array communicably coupled to the motherboard through at least one network interfaces, and wherein at least one sensor in the sensor array is a pressure sensor that is in fluid communication with the air-mattress.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein to sense the pressure readings, the data processing system is further configured to pass, through the at least one network interface, the pressure readings from the pressure sensor to the motherboard.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one network interface is a wireless network interface, and where passing the pressure reading comprises passing the pressure reading through the wireless network interface.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one network interface is a wired network interface, and where passing the pressure reading comprises passing the pressure reading through the wired network interface.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data processing system is further configured to:
store, in a computer memory at a first location, the slow-leak threshold; and
store, in the computer memory at a second location different from the first location, the catastrophic-leak threshold.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein, the slow-leak threshold is less than the catastrophic-leak threshold.

18. A system comprising:
an air-mattress having an air pressure;
means for supporting the air-mattress for use as a bed;
a data processing system configured to:
sense a pressure readings of the air-mattress indicative of the air pressure of the air-mattress;
determine if the pressure readings are below a target pressure value representing a desired pressure for the air-mattress;
responsive to a determination that the pressure readings are below the target pressure value, transmit, to an air-pump, first instructions to increase the air pressure of the air mattress;
determine a replacement value representing the amount of air pumped into the air mattress by the air-pump;
compare the replacement value to a slow-leak threshold and to a catastrophic-leak threshold, wherein the slow-leak threshold is a value that represents an amount of air corresponding to a slow leak in the air-mattress and wherein the catastrophic-leak threshold represents an amount of air corresponding to a catastrophic leak in the air-mattress; and
responsive to a determination that the replacement value is greater than the slow-leak threshold and less than the catastrophic-leak threshold, transmit, to the air-pump, second instructions to increase the air pressure of the air mattress to replace air in the air mattress lost to a slow leak so as to maintain the desired pressure for the air-mattress; and

an air-pump configured to selectively increase the air-pressure of the air-mattress by pumping air into the air mattress in response to receiving the first instructions or the second instructions.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the data processing system is further configured to, responsive to a determination that the replacement value is greater than the catastrophic-leak threshold, transmit, to the air-pump, third instructions to shut down the air-pump.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the data processing system is further configured to, responsive to a determination that the replacement value is greater than the catastrophic-leak threshold, transmit an error code indicative of a catastrophic leak.

21. The system of claim 18 , wherein the data processing system is further configured to, responsive to a determination that the replacement value is less than the slow-leak thr

Assignees

• Sleep Number Corp

Inventors

• Erko Robert
• Chen Yi-Ching
• Nunn Rob
• Palashewski Wade Daniel

Classifications

• A47C27/083

  with pressure control, e.g. with pressure sensors · CPC title

• A47C27/082 Primary

  with non-manual inflation, e.g. with electric pumps · CPC title