Granted Patent B1

US 12,343,137 · App. 18/492,678 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn (Santa Cruz, CA); Arthur Kinsolving (Santa Cruz, CA); Mark Andrew Christensen (Santa Cruz, CA); Mihai Ionescu (Ben Lomond, CA); Sean Brooks Harre (Santa Cruz, CA); David Vogel (Santa Cruz, CA)

Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.

A61B5/1126A47C20/04A47C20/041A47C27/083A61B5/0205A61B5/1118A61B5/4809A61B5/4812A61B5/4815A61B5/7264A61G7/018A61G7/05

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. A sleep sensor system comprising:

a sensor to collect movement data from a sleeper on an adjustable bed;

a receiver to send movement data from the sensor to a server and to receive command data from the server, the command data comprising instructions to alter a configuration of the adjustable bed, the command data received from a bed command calculator of the server, the bed command calculator configured to calculate the command data to control the adjustable bed, based on a combination of a current position of the bed, the movement data, and a requested update to a configuration of the bed;

a bed controller to receive the command data from the receiver and to transmit bed movement instructions to the adjustable bed, to cause the adjustable bed to alter one or more of its settings in response to the bed movement instructions.

2. The sleep sensor system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a connector to interface between a bed adjustor associated with the adjustable bed, and the receiver.

3. The sleep sensor system of claim 2 , wherein the connector includes the bed controller.

4. The sleep sensor system of claim 2 , wherein the connector provides power to the receiver.

5. The sleep sensor system of claim 4 , wherein the connector receives power from a bed adjustor, incorporated into the adjustable bed.

6. The sleep sensor system of claim 4 , wherein the power from the connector is stepped down by a power system in the receiver.

7. The sleep sensor system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an Internet of Things (IoT) controller to transmit IoT command data received from the server to an IoT device to cause the IoT device to take an action, the IoT controller is further to receive instructions from an IoT device to control the adjustable bed; and

the receiver further to receive the command data from the server to make an adjustment, based on the instructions from the IoT device.

8. The sleep sensor system of claim 7 , wherein the bed movement command data is customized to the adjustable bed.

9. The sleep sensor system of claim 7 , wherein the IoT controller is used to adjust a sleeping environment of a user.

10. The sleep sensor system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a server to receive the movement data from the receiver, the server to analyze the movement data from the sensor, and to send control signals to control the adjustable bed to the receiver.

11. A method of controlling a sleep environment including an adjustable bed comprising:

sensing movement data using a sensor in the adjustable bed;

collecting the movement data at a receiver;

collecting environmental sensor data, monitoring a sleep environment, at the receiver;

sending the movement data to a server;

receiving command data from the server, the command data to adjust the adjustable bed, wherein the command data is received from a bed command calculator in the server, the bed command calculator configured to calculate the command data to control the adjustable bed, based on a combination of a current position of the bed and a requested update to a bed configuration;

transmitting, using a bed controller, bed movement command data to the adjustable bed, the bed movement command data based on the received command data, causing the adjustable bed to alter one or more of its settings.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

coupling the receiver to the adjustable bed via a connector to interface between a bed adjustor and the receiver.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the connector includes the bed controller.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the connector provides power to the receiver.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the connector receives power from a bed adjustor, incorporated into the adjustable bed.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

stepping down the power from the connector by a power system in the receiver.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a voice instruction to alter the adjustable bed settings via an IoT device; and

generating the command data to adjust the bed based on the voice instruction.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

analyzing the movement data to identify a sleep state, respiration, heart rate, snoring;

determining whether a change should be made to the adjustable bed or the sleep environment should be made based on the analyzing; and

when the change is identified, generating a command to make the change.

19. A system to retrofit an adjustable bed, the system comprising:

a sensor to obtain sleep data, for placement in the bed;

a connector to couple to controls for the adjustable bed;

a receiver to interface with the adjustable bed through the connector, the receiver comprising:

a signal receiver to receive sleep data from the sensor;

a digitizer to convert sensor data to digital data;

a transceiver to send the digital data to a server, and to receive command data from the server;

a server comprising:

a bed command calculator to calculate a command to control the adjustable bed, based on a combination of a current position of the bed and a requested update to a bed configuration, the command sent to the receiver, and used by the receiver to trigger a bed adjustor in the adjustable bed.

20. The system of claim 19 , further comprising:

a server further comprising:

a signal identifier to identify the requested update to a bed configuration, based on one of: an instruction received from an IoT device, a manual change made by a user, and a change to be made based on analysis of the digital data.

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