Sleeping or reclining furniture with a sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11638559-B2
Application number	US-201616067519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	May 2, 2023
Grant date	May 2, 2023

Abstract

The invention relates to a piece of sleeping or reclining furniture, comprising a support element (2) for applying a padding or a mattress and at least one sensor (12) for detecting vibrations, movement, and/or sound. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture is characterized in that the at least one sensor (12) is arranged at a section (120) of the support element (2) that is decoupled from further sections of the support element (2) and/or of the sleeping or reclining furniture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A piece of sleeping or reclining furniture, comprising:
a support element configured to apply to a padding or a mattress;
a plate-shaped section made of a material identical to a material of the support element and separated from the support element by a plurality of cuts extending along a periphery of the plate-shaped section in a rectangular pattern, leaving between adjacent cuts a web to acoustically decouple the plate-shaped section from the support element, said web being made of the material and connecting the plate shaped section to the support element, with the web being arranged at a corner of the plate-shaped section, each cut having a width that is less than a length of the cut and each web having a width that is less than the length of the adjacent cuts; and
a sensor arranged on or in the plate-shaped section and configured to detect vibration, movement, or sound applied to the plate-shaped section.

2. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the plate-shaped part is a middle part of the support element.

3. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , further comprising an evaluation unit connectable to the sensor and configured to process and evaluate a signal generated by the sensor and to detect a physiological parameter of a person using the sleeping or reclining furniture.

4. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 3 , wherein the detected physiological parameter is a heart rate, a respiratory rate, a movement behavior or a snoring behavior of the person.

5. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 3 , wherein the evaluation unit includes a filter for signal processing.

6. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 5 , wherein, the filter is a low-pass filter or a bandpass filter.

7. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 3 , further comprising an electromotive furniture drive including adjusting drives for adjusting furniture parts; and a control device configured to control the adjusting drives, said evaluation unit being coupled to the control device or integrated into the control device.

8. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 7 , wherein the evaluation unit is configured to detect and evaluate vibration and movement that occur when at least one of the adjustment drives is actuated.

9. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 7 , wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine a malfunction or an overload or a non-load of at least one of the adjusting drives during operation.

10. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is bonded to the plate-shaped section.

Assignees

• Dewertokin Gmbh
• Dewertokin Tech Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gehrke Karsten
• Hille Armin
• Loley Steffen
• Tews Alexander

Classifications

• A61G7/16

  converting a lying surface into a chair · CPC title

• A61G7/0755

  for the legs or feet · CPC title

• A61B5/4806

  Sleep evaluation (A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02) · CPC title

• A61B5/024

  Measuring pulse rate or heart rate · CPC title

• A61B5/1116

  Determining posture transitions · CPC title