IP Library Granted Patent US 11,419,554
Granted Patent B2
US 11,419,554 · App. 16/067,510 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Sleeping or reclining furniture and electric motor furniture drive for such furniture

Inventors: Karsten Gehrke (Porta Westfalica, DE); Armin Hille (Bielefeld, DE); Steffen Loley (Osnabrück, DE); Alexander Tews (Bielefeld, DE)
Assignee: Dewertokin Technology Group Co., Ltd
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,419,554
App. No.
16/067,510
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an electric motor furniture drive for sleeping or reclining furniture, comprising a number of adjusting motors ( 7, 8 ) for moving at least one movable furniture component relative to an additional furniture component by means of an electric motor and comprising a manual operation unit ( 10 ) for operating the adjusting motors ( 7, 8 ). The electric motor furniture drive is characterized in that at least one sensor ( 12 ) is provided for detecting vibrations and/or sound, said sensor being coupleable to the sleeping furniture, and an analyzing unit is provided which is connected to the at least one sensor ( 12 ). The analyzing unit is designed to process and analyze the signals of the at least one sensor ( 12 ) and detect physiological parameters of a person using the sleeping or reclining furniture.

Claims (21)

1. A sleeping or reclining furniture, in particular a bed, comprising:

an electric motor furniture drive including a plurality of adjusting motors for electromotive movement of a furniture component in relation to another furniture component;

a manual operation unit for operating the adjusting motors;

a fitting element coupling at least one of the adjusting motors to a back part of the sleeping or reclining furniture at a plurality of fastening points;

a sensor fastened on the back part between the plurality of the fastening points and configured to detect vibration and/or sound; and

an analyzing unit connected to the sensor and configured to process and analyze a signal generated by the sensor and to detect a physiological parameter of a person using the sleeping or reclining furniture.

2. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is fastened in a lower half and in particular in a lower third of the back part of the sleeping or reclining furniture.

3. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , further comprising a control unit configured to control the adjusting motors, said analyzing unit being coupled to the control unit or integrated into the control unit.

4. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the sensor includes a piezoelectrically or electromagnetically or electromechanically operating sound and/or vibration pickup.

5. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the detected physiological parameter is a heart rate, a respiratory rate, and/or a movement state of the person.

6. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing unit includes a filter, in particular a low-pass filter or a bandpass filter for signal processing.

7. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing unit includes a storage unit for storing a time curve of the physiological parameters.

8. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing unit includes a monitoring device for comparing the physiological parameter to a predefined limiting value.

9. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing unit includes a transmitting unit for transmitting the physiological parameter to a mobile device.

10. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting unit is configured for wireless transmission of the physiological parameter to the mobile device, in particular via a WLAN or Bluetooth transmission link.

11. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 9 , wherein the mobile device includes a monitoring device for comparing the physiological parameter to a predefined limiting value.

12. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 9 , wherein the mobile device represents the manual operation unit.

13. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing unit is configured to detect and analyze vibrations which occur upon actuation of one or more of the adjusting motors.

14. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing unit is configured to ascertain a malfunction and/or an overload and/or a nonload of one or more of the adjusting motors in operation.

15. The sleeping or reclining furniture of cam 1 , wherein the sensor includes a sensor housing having an installation surface which is formed with a protrusion, said sensor including a sound and/or vibration pickup which is arranged in an interior of the sensor housing in a region of the protrusion.

16. The sleeping or reclining furniture of claim 15 , further comprising an installation adapter connected to the sensor housing to enclose a slat of a slatted frame for installation of the sensor on the slat.

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 054862/0195 →
Priority Claims (3)
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
Continuity (1)
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