Bed system having mattress and wake-up control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12029323-B2
Application number	US-202017085044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2020
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

This disclosure describes, among other things, techniques for waking a user by changing the user's sleep environment. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a central controller of an air mattress system, at least one user alarm setting, generating, via the central controller, at least one instruction based on the received user alarm setting, and transmitting, from the central controller, the at least one instruction to a first component of the air mattress system to adjust a feature of the first component.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bed system comprising:
a mattress including a pad that is configured to receive a fluid to be pushed to the pad;
a wake-up control system including at least one controller and at least one user alarm setting, wherein the user alarm setting comprises a plurality of wake settings, including a wake time setting and a dual alarm setting, wherein the dual alarm setting includes a wake temperature setting and a wake motion setting; and
a temperature sensor, wherein the at least one controller is configured to:
receive at least one wake setting to wake up a user of the bed system;
store, to computer memory, the user alarm setting;
determine a current time;
compare the current time to the wake time setting; and
activate the dual alarm setting, based on the comparison of the current time to the wake time setting, wherein
the activation of the dual alarm setting includes a temperature of at least a portion of the pad being at the wake temperature setting and the wake motion setting causing at least the portion of the pad to vibrate at a predetermined setting,
the vibration of the predetermined setting occurs at substantially the same time as the temperature of at least a portion of the pad being at the wake temperature setting, and

wherein the bed system further comprises:
a first pump being in fluid communication with a first zone of the pad via at least one first tube, and configured to supply the fluid into the first zone of the pad,
a first valve assembly configured to regulate flow of the fluid into the first zone of the pad,
a first switch configured to control the first valve assembly,
a second pump being in fluid communication with a second zone of the pad via at least one second tube, and configured to supply the fluid into the second zone of the pad,
a second valve assembly configured to regulate flow of the fluid into the second zone of the pad, and
a second switch configured to control the second valve assembly,
wherein the at least one controller is configured to control the first pump, the first switch, the second pump, and the second switch,
wherein the first pump, the first valve assembly, the first switch, the second pump, the second valve assembly, the second switch, and the at least one controller are housed together inside a common housing as a single unit that is separate from the pad, and
wherein the first pump, the first valve assembly, the second pump, and the second valve assembly in the single unit are in fluid communication with the pad via the at least one first tube and the at least one second tube.

2. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
cool the fluid; and
supply the cooled fluid to the pad.

3. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined setting is adjustable based on the at least one user alarm setting.

4. The bed system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a user presence sensor configured to detect presence of the user on the mattress, wherein the at least one controller is further configured to disable the user alarm setting in response to determining that the user is not present on the mattress.

5. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the wake-up control system includes one or more sleep monitoring sensors, and wherein the at least one controller is configured to:
determine a sleep state of the user based on signals from the one or more sleep monitoring sensors; and
perform a temperature adjustment of the pad based on the determined sleep state.

6. The bed system of claim 5 , wherein the signals represent at least one of heart rate, respiration, or movement of the user.

7. The bed system of claim 1 , further comprising: one or more sleep monitoring sensors,
wherein the wake-up control system is configured to adjust temperature of the fluid based on signals from the one or more sleep monitoring sensors.

8. The bed system of claim 7 , wherein the signals represent at least one of heart rate, respiration, or movement of the user.

9. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the pad is positioned on top of the mattress.

10. The bed system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is further configured to alter the temperature of the fluid pushed to the pad prior to the wake time setting.

11. The bed system of claim 10 , wherein the temperature of the fluid is altered a predetermined amount of time before the wake time setting.

12. The bed system of claim 10 , wherein the temperature of the fluid reaches the wake temperature setting by the wake time setting.

13. A bed system comprising:
a mattress;
a pad adjacent to the mattress that is configured to receive a fluid;
a heating element configured to heat the fluid;
a cooling element configured to cool the fluid;
a temperature sensor configured to generate a signal that is representative of a temperature of the fluid;
a user interface configured to receive a user input;
a motion generator configured to generate a motion to at least a portion of the pad;
a wake-up control system including at least one user alarm setting, wherein the user alarm setting comprises a plurality of wake-up settings, including a wake time setting and a dual alarm setting, wherein the dual alarm setting includes a wake temperature setting and a wake motion setting; and
a control system configured to:
receive at least one wake-up setting through the user interface to wake up a user of the bed system, wherein the at least one wake-up setting includes the wake time setting and the wake time setting includes a time requirement comprising a latest desired wake-up time;
determine a current time;
compare the current time to the time requirement;
activate the dual alarm setting, based on the comparison of the current time to the time requirement indicating that the time requirement is met, wherein
the activation of the dual alarm setting includes a temperature of at least the portion of the pad being at the wake temperature setting and the wake motion setting causing a motion to at least the portion of the pad at a predetermined setting,
the motion occurs at substantially the same time as the temperature of at least the portion of the pad being at the wake temperature setting, and the latest desired wake-up time, and

wherein the pad includes a first zone and a second zone that are configured to receive the fluid independently,
wherein the bed system further comprises:
a first pump being in fluid communication with the first zone of the pad via at least one first tube, and configured to supply the fluid into the first zone of the pad,
a first valve assembly configured to regulate flow of the fluid into the first zone of the pad,
a first switch configured to control the first valve assembly,
a second pump being in fluid communication with the second zone of the pad via at least one second tube, and configured to supply the fluid into the second zone of the pad,
a second valve assembly configured to regulate flow of the fluid into the second zone of the pad,
a second switch configured to control the second valve assembly, and
a controller configured to control the first pump, the first switch, the second pump, and the second switch,
wherein the first pump, the first valve assembly, the first switch, the second pump, the second valve assembly, the second switch, and the controller are housed together inside a common housing as a single unit that is separate from the pad, and
wherein the first pump, the first valve assembly, the second pump, and the second valve assembly in the single unit are in fluid communication with the pad via the at least one first tube and the at le

Assignees

• Sleep Number Corp

Inventors

• Nunn Rob
• Palashewski Wade Daniel
• Tilstra Matthew Wayne
• Stusynski Stacy
• Young Steven Jay
• Hewitt Carl

Classifications

• A47C27/12

  with fibrous inlays, e.g. made of wool, of cotton · CPC title

• A47C27/088

  incorporating elastic bodies, e.g. foam · CPC title

• A61B5/11

  Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb {(A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721)} · CPC title

• A47C27/04

  with spring inlays (A47C27/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47C31/008

  Use of remote controls · CPC title