METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS
Introduced are methods and systems for an adjustable bed device configured to: gather biological signals associated with multiple users, such as heart rate, breathing rate, or temperature; analyze the gathered human biological signals; and heat or cool a bed based on the analysis.
1 . A system comprising:
a sensor strip, comprising:
a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of an environment surrounding the temperature sensor;
a piezo sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user;
a computer bus having an adjustable length and configured to bend at specified locations to change said adjustable length of said sensor strip; and
a thermal member, configured to modify said temperature of a bed; and
a computer processor communicatively coupled to said sensor strip and said thermal member, said computer processor configured to determine a presence in said bed associated with said user solely based on a temperature recorded by said temperature sensor, and to determine a control signal, and a time to send said control signal to said thermal member.
2 . The system of claim 1 , said computer processor configured to determine said presence in said bed when said temperature recorded by said temperature sensor is between 36° C. and 37.5° C.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said thermal member is divided into a plurality of zones corresponding to a plurality of users, wherein each zone of said plurality of zones is controlled independently of remaining zones of said plurality of zones.
4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein each said zone is further divided into a plurality of subzones, wherein said thermal member is configured to uniformly heat each subzone in said plurality of subzones.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein said thermal member has a density that is higher in said subzone corresponding to lower back, or feet, than in said plurality of subzones corresponding to other parts of a body.
6 . The system of claim 3 , wherein each said zone is further divided into a plurality of subzones, wherein said thermal member is configured to uniformly cool each subzone in said plurality of subzones.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein said thermal member has a density that is higher in said subzone corresponding to lower back, or feet than in said plurality of subzones corresponding to other parts of a body.
8 . The system of claim 3 , further comprising a power supply, wherein said power supply is configured to independently supply power to each of said plurality of zones corresponding to said plurality of users.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said biological signal associated with said user corresponds to said presence in said bed 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.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said control signal comprises one of: an instruction to heat said thermal member, or an instruction to cool said thermal member.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said time comprises average bedtime associated with said user.
12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said computer bus comprises three straight strips, wherein said three straight strips include a first strip that is coupled at a right angle to a second strip, and said second strip is coupled at a right angle to a third strip, and further wherein said first strip is configured to bend backwards at specified locations, thereby extending a total length of said sensor strip.
13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said thermal member comprises a left thermal member and a right thermal member, wherein said left thermal member and said right thermal member are mirror images of each other, and further wherein said left thermal member comprises a plurality of consecutive elongated rectangles, each rectangle sharing and elongated edge with a neighboring rectangle, and further wherein each said rectangle is missing a short edge, wherein said short edge is different from a first short edge missing in said neighboring rectangle.
14 . A system comprising:
a sensor strip, comprising:
a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of an environment surrounding the temperature sensor;
a piezo sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user, said biological signal comprising a heart rate associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, or a motion associated with said user;
a computer bus having an adjustable length and configured to bend at specified locations to change said adjustable length of said sensor strip; and
a computer processor communicatively coupled to said sensor strip and configured to determine a presence in a bed associated with said user based on a temperature recorded by said temperature sensor.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein said computer processor is configured to identify said user based on at least one of: said heart rate associated with said user, said breathing rate associated with said user, or said motion associated with said user.
16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein said computer processor is configured to determine a sleep phase associated with said user, based on said biological signal.
17 . The system of claim 14 , said computer processor configured to determine that said presence in said bed associated with said user when said temperature recorded by said temperature sensor is between 36° C. and 37.5° C.
18 . The system of claim 14 , wherein said computer processor is configured to calculate an average bedtime associated with said user based on said presence in said bed associated with said user.
19 . The system of claim 14 , wherein said computer bus comprises three straight strips, wherein a first strip is coupled at a right angle to a second strip, and said second strip is coupled at a right angle to a third strip, and further where said first strip is configured to bend backwards at predetermined locations to extend said adjustable length of said sensor strip.
20 . A method comprising:
measuring a temperature associated with a bed using a temperature sensor coupled to said bed;
determining that a user is present in said bed solely based on when said measured temperature is within 35.5° C. to 37.5° C. range; and
upon determining that said user is present in said bed, sending a control signal to an appliance.