Mattress controller with alert system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12185839-B2
Application number	US-202318234676-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2023
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

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 central controller comprising:
a pump configured to be fluidly connected to a pad of a mattress, wherein the pad has a first zone and a second zone and is configured to receive a fluid to be pushed through the pad;
a temperature controller configured to alter a temperature of at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad;
at least one processor; and
computer memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a user alarm setting to wake up a user of the mattress, wherein the user alarm setting comprises a wake time, a wake temperature, and a wake motion at a first level;
store, to computer memory, the user alarm setting;
adjust the temperature of at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad of the mattress to the wake temperature by pushing the fluid to at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad; and
initiate the wake motion to at least a portion of the pad at the first level, wherein the temperature of at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad of the mattress is configured to reach the wake temperature by the wake time of the user alarm setting and the wake motion is configured to be initiated at substantially the same time that the wake temperature is reached.

2. The central controller of claim 1 , further comprising an articulating controller configured to receive a command from the central controller to initiate the wake motion, wherein the wake motion is initiated at the wake time.

3. The central controller of claim 1 , further comprising a timer configured to compare a current time to the wake time in the user alarm setting.

4. The central controller of claim 1 , wherein the wake motion is configured to wake the user by way of a minimally invasive alarm.

5. The central controller of claim 1 , wherein the wake motion comprises a massage function.

6. The central controller of claim 1 , wherein the received user alarm setting is transmitted to the central controller from a user device.

7. The central controller of claim 1 , wherein the wake time is a window of time in which to wake up the user.

8. The central controller of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a sleep-state of the user during the window of time.

9. The central controller of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to initiate the wake temperature and the wake motion based on the sleep-state.

10. The central controller of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to refrain from initiation of the wake temperature and the wake motion based on the sleep-state.

11. The central controller of claim 8 , wherein the sleep-state of the user is rapid eye movement (REM) or non-rapid eye movement (NREM).

12. A bed system comprising:
a mattress comprising a pad having a first zone and a second zone, wherein the pad is configured to receive a fluid pushed through at least one of the first zone and the second zone;
a controller comprising a pump configured to be fluidly connected to at least of the first zone and the second zone of the pad and configured to pump the fluid through at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad;
a temperature controller configured to alter a temperature of the fluid pushed to at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad;
means for adding a motion to at least a portion of the pad;
at least one processor; and
computer memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a user alarm setting to wake up a user of the mattress, wherein the user alarm setting comprises a wake time, a wake temperature, and a wake motion at a first level;
store, to computer memory, the user alarm setting;
determine that a current time is the wake time;
transmit, based on determining that the current time is the wake time, a first command to the temperature controller to adjust the temperature of the fluid pushed to the at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad of the mattress to achieve the wake temperature at the wake time; and
transmit a second command to the controller to initiate the wake motion to cause the motion to at least the portion of the pad at the first level, wherein the temperature of the fluid pushed to the at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad of the mattress reaches the wake temperature by the wake time of the user alarm setting and the wake motion occurs at substantially the same time that the wake temperature is reached.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the wake motion is initiated at the wake time.

14. The system of claim 12 , further comprising a timer configured to compare the current time to the wake time in the user alarm setting.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the pump is configured to be in a two-way communication with a user device.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the motion comprises a massage function, wherein the user device is a mobile device and the received user alarm setting is transmitted to the controller from the mobile device.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the wake time is a window of time in which to wake up the user and the processor is further configured to determine a sleep-state of the user during the window of time.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to initiate the wake temperature and the wake motion based on the sleep-state.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to refrain from initiation of the wake temperature and the wake motion based on the sleep-state.

20. A system comprising:
a mattress comprising a pad having a first zone and a second zone, wherein the pad is configured to receive a fluid pushed through at least one of the first zone and the second zone;
a first controller comprising a pump configured to be fluidly connected to at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad and configured to pump the fluid through at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad;
a second controller configured to alter a temperature of the fluid pushed to the at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad;
a third controller configured to cause a motion at a first level in at least a portion of the pad;
at least one processor; and
computer memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a first user-selection for a wake time;
receive a second user-selection for a wake temperature of at least the first zone and the second zone of the pad to be reached at the wake time;
identify a temperature automation command associated with the second user-selection;
receive a third user-selection for a wake motion of at least one of the first zone and the second zone of the pad to be initiated at substantially the same time as the wake temperature is reached, wherein the first user-selection, second user-selection, and third user-selection are a user alarm setting;
identify a motion automation command associated with the second user-selection;
store, to computer memory, the user alarm setting;
compare a current time to the wake time of the user alarm setting;
responsive to comparing the current time to the wake time, match the second user-selection to the temperature automation command;
transmit the temperature a

Assignees

• Sleep Number Corp

Inventors

• Nunn Rob
• Palashewski Wade Daniel
• Tilstra Matthew Wayne
• Stusynski Stacy Marie
• 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