BED DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHODS
Introduced are a bed device system and methods for: gathering human biological signals, such as heart rate, breathing rate, or temperature; analyzing the gathered human biological signals; and controlling the bed device system, e.g., a temperature of the bed device, based on the analysis.
1 . A bed system for automatically heating a mattress comprising:
a bed pad device configured to receive an instruction to heat said mattress to a specified temperature, said bed pad device comprising a mattress cover, said mattress cover further comprising:
a sensor strip, wherein said sensor strip comprises a user sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user, wherein said biological signal comprises a heart rate associated with said user, and a breathing rate associated with said user; and
a coil configured to heat said mattress; and
an environment sensor, configured to measure an environment property, wherein said environment property comprises a temperature, a humidity, a light intensity, or a sound; and
a computer processor communicatively coupled to said bed pad device and said environment sensor, said computer processor configured to:
determine, based on said biological signal associated with said user and said environment property, a control signal, and a time to send said control signal; and
send said control signal at said time to said bed pad device.
2 . The bed system of claim 1 , wherein said computer processor determines presence associated with said user, and motion associated with said user, based on said biological signal associated with said user.
3 . The bed system of claim 1 , wherein said computer processor is configured to receive an input from said user, and wherein said computer processor is configured to determine at least one of said control signal, or said time, based on said input from said user.
4 . The bed system of claim 1 , further comprising: a fabric, a batting, or a waterproof material.
5 . The bed system of claim 1 , wherein said time comprises an average bedtime associated with said user.
6 . The bed system of claim 1 , wherein said control signal comprises an instruction to heat said coil to a high temperature, wherein said high temperature comprises an average high temperature associated with said user.
7 . A bed system comprising:
a user sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user; and
an environment sensor, configured to measure an environment property; and
a bed device configured to receive a control signal; and
a computer processor communicatively coupled to said user sensor and said environment sensor, and further communicatively coupled to said bed device, said computer processor configured to:
determine, based on said biological signal associated with said user and said environment property, the control signal, and a time to send said control signal to said bed device; and
send said control signal at said time to said bed device.
8 . The bed system of claim 7 , wherein said bed device comprises a coil.
9 . The bed system of claim 8 further comprising: a fabric, a batting, or a waterproof material.
10 . The bed system of claim 9 , wherein said batting comprises a sensor strip, wherein said sensor strip comprises said user sensor and a computer bus.
11 . The bed system of claim 7 , wherein said time comprises an average daily bedtime associated with said user.
12 . The bed system of claim 7 , wherein said biological signal corresponds to at least one of: a presence associated with said user, a motion associated with said user, a temperature associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, or a heart rate associated with said user.
13 . The bed system of claim 7 , wherein said user sensor comprises at least one of a piezo sensor, or a temperature sensor.
14 . The bed system of claim 7 , wherein said control signal comprises an instruction to heat said bed device to a high temperature, wherein said high temperature is determined based on said biological signal associated with said user.
15 . The bed system of claim 7 , wherein said control signal comprises an instruction to cool said bed device to a low temperature, wherein said low temperature is determined based on said biological signal associated with said user.
16 . The bed system of claim 7 , wherein said environment property comprises temperature, humidity, light, or sound.
17 . The bed system of claim 7 , wherein said computer processor is configured to receive input from said user, whereby said computer processor, based on said input from said user, determines said time to send said control signal to said bed device.
18 . A system comprising:
a user sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user; and
an environment sensor, configured to measure an environment property; and
a transceiver communicatively coupled to said user sensor and said environment sensor, said transceiver configured to transmit said biological signal associated with said user and said environment property, and further said transceiver configured to receive a control signal; and
a bed device, communicatively coupled to said transceiver, wherein said bed device is configured to respond to said control signal.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein said biological signal associated with said user corresponds to at least one of a temperature associated with said user, a presence associated with said user, a motion associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, or a heart rate associated with said user.
20 . The system of claim 18 , wherein said environment property comprises a temperature, a humidity, a light intensity, or a sound.
21 . The system of claim 18 , wherein said control signal comprises an instruction to heat said bed device to a high temperature, wherein said high temperature comprises an average high temperature associated with said user.
22 . The system of claim 18 , wherein said control signal comprises an instruction to cool said bed device to a low temperature, wherein said low temperature comprises an average low temperature associated with said user.
23 . A method comprising:
obtaining a biological signal associated with a user from a sensor;
obtaining a history of biological signals associated with said user from a database associated with said user;
obtaining an environment property from an environment sensor associated with a bed device;
determining, based on said biological signal associated with said user, said history of biological signals associated with said user, and said environment property, a control signal, and a time to send said control signal to said bed device; and
sending said control signal at said time to said bed device.
24 . The method of claim 23 , wherein obtaining said history of biological signals comprises:
obtaining a plurality of average bedtimes associated with said user, wherein said plurality of average bedtimes comprises average bedtime on one or more days of a week.
25 . The method of claim 23 , wherein obtaining said biological signal comprises:
obtaining at least one of: a presence associated with said user, a motion associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, a temperature associated with said user, or a heart rate associated with said user.
26 . The method of claim 23 , wherein sending said control signal comprises:
sending an instruction to heat said bed device to a high temperature, wherein said high temperature comprises an average high temperature associated with said user.
27 . The method of claim 23 , wherein sending said control signal comprises:
sending an instruction to cool said bed device to a low temperature, wherein said low temperature comprises an average low temperature associated with said user.
28 . The method of claim 23 , wherein obtaining said environment property comprises:
obtaining a temperature, a humidity, a light intensity, or a sound.
29 . The method of claim 23 , wherein determining said time to send said control signal to said bed device comprises calculating an average daily bedtime associated with said user.