IP Library Granted Patent US 11,638,559
Granted Patent B2
US 11,638,559 · App. 16/067,519 · Granted May 2, 2023

Sleeping or reclining furniture with a sensor

Inventors: Karsten Gehrke (Porta Westfalica, DE); Armin Hille (Bielefeld, DE); Steffen Loley (Osnabrück, DE); Alexander Tews (Bielefeld, DE)
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Patent No.
US 11,638,559
App. No.
16/067,519
Granted
May 2, 2023
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (13)

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.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2021
From: DEWERTOKIN GMBH
To: DEWERTOKIN TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057311/0625 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2021
From: GEHRKE, KARSTEN; HILLE, ARMIN; LOLEY, STEFFEN; TEWS, ALEXANDER
To: DEWERTOKIN GMBH
Reel/Frame 054862/0502 →
Priority Claims (4)
DE 20 2015 107 148.5 · Dec 30, 2015 · national
DE 10-2016 109 524.9 · May 24, 2016 · national
DE 20 2016 103 605.4 · Jul 6, 2016 · national
DE 20 2016 105 635.7 · Oct 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200383854A1 · Dec 10, 2020