Application US20180125256

ADAPTIVE SLEEP SYSTEM USING DATA ANALYTICS AND LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL SLEEP CONDITIONS
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US20180125256

1. A bed system, comprising: (7) (4)

a sleep surface;

a plurality of sensors for providing indications of pressure for a first plurality of different locations of the sleep surface;

a plurality of actuators to adjust pressures for a second plurality of different locations of the sleep surface; and

a controller configured to receive the indications of pressure and to command the plurality of actuators to adjust the pressures based the indications of pressures and a relationships between indications of pressure and desired pressures.

2. The bed system of claim 1, wherein the relationships between indications of pressure and desired pressures includes a plurality of collections of relationships between indications of pressure and desired pressures. (3) (0)

3. The bed system of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to select a particular one of the plurality of collections of relationships based on a sleep position of the user, for use in commanding the plurality of actuators to adjust the pressures. (0)

4. The bed system of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a sleep position of a user on the sleep surface based on the indications of pressure and at least one reference data pattern for the sleep position. (1) (0)

6. The bed system of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a sleep stage of a user on the sleep surface. (1) (0)

10. The bed system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to command transmission of the indications of pressure to a remote computer and to receive changes to the relationships between indications of pressure and desired pressures. (0)

11. The bed system of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations are the same locations. (0)

12. The bed system of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations are different locations. (0)

13. The bed system of claim 1, wherein the indications of pressure are for localized areas of the sleep surface. (0)

14. The bed system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of actuators comprise air springs. (0)

15. The bed system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of actuators comprise a plurality of arrays of actuators. (1) (0)

17. A method for adjusting a sleep surface of a bed, comprising: (2) (3)

measuring indications of pressure for a plurality of locations of the sleep surface;

comparing the indications of pressure to at least one reference data pattern for indications of pressure for the plurality of locations of the sleep surface;

commanding adjustment of pressure for portions of the sleep surface based on results of the comparison.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising selecting the at least one reference data pattern from a plurality of reference data patterns. (2) (0)

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising determining the sleep position of the user using the sleep surface. (2) (0)

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one reference data pattern is selected based on a sleep stage of a user using the sleep surface. (1) (0)

25. The method of claim 17, wherein commanding adjustment of pressure for portions of the sleep surface is additionally based on rules for desired pressures for the plurality of locations. (2) (0)

28. A method, performed by at least one processor, for assisting in adjusting a sleep platform environment with localized pressure regions across the sleep surface, comprising: (1) (4)

receiving information from a plurality of sleep platforms, the information including localized pressure over time for a plurality of locations across each of the sleep platforms;

receiving information relating to a corresponding plurality of users of the plurality of sleep platforms, the information including heart and/or respiratory information over time;

determining updated localized pressure control information for at least one user sleep platform based on the received information from the plurality of sleep platforms and users; and

sending the updated localized pressure control information to at least one user sleep platform to update the control settings of the sleep platform.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the sleep platform environment additionally includes localized temperature regions across the sleep surface, and the received information further includes localized temperature over time for the plurality of locations across each of the sleep platforms, and further comprising: (0) (2)

30. A bed system, comprising: (2) (4)

a sleep surface;

a plurality of sensors for providing indications of temperature for a first plurality of different locations of the sleep surface;

a plurality of temperature control apparatuses to adjust temperature for a second plurality of different locations of the sleep surface; and

a controller configured to receive the indications of temperature and to command the plurality of temperature control apparatuses to adjust the temperatures based the indications of temperature and a relationships between indications of temperature and desired temperatures.

31. The system in claim 30, further comprising: (0) (3)

32. The system in claim 30, wherein the temperature control apparatuses comprise thermoelectric devices to to control air temperature. (1) (0)

36. A method for adjusting a sleep surface of a bed, comprising: (2) (3)

measuring indications of temperature for a plurality of locations of the sleep surface;

comparing the indications of temperature to at least one reference data pattern for indications of temperature for the plurality of locations of the sleep surface;

commanding adjustment of temperature for portions of the sleep surface based on results of the comparison.

37. The method in claim 36, further comprising: (0) (3)

38. The method in claim 36, further comprising determining the sleep stage of the user based on a breathing pattern of the user or a heart rate of the user. (1) (0)

40. A method, performed by at least one processor, for assisting in adjusting a user sleep platform environment with localized pressure regions across the sleep surface, comprising: (0) (7)

measuring indications of pressure over time for a plurality of locations of the sleep surface;

comparing the indications of pressure to at least one reference data pattern for indications of pressure for the plurality of locations of the sleep surface;

commanding localized pressure control information for adjusting for portions of the sleep surface based on results of the comparison;

measuring the sleep quality of the user using the sleep platform environment;

comparing information from the user sleep platform with a plurality of different sleep platforms, the information including the measured sleep quality of the users for each of the sleep platforms;

selecting the pressure control information among the sleep platforms based on the best sleep quality measurement;

updating the control settings of the user sleep platform based on the selected pressure control information.

41. A method, performed by at least one processor, for assisting in adjusting a user sleep platform environment with localized pressure regions across the sleep surface, comprising: (0) (7)

measuring indications of pressure for a plurality of locations of the sleep surface for a given time period;

comparing the indications of pressure to at least one reference data pattern for indications of pressure for the plurality of locations of the sleep surface;

commanding localized pressure control information for adjusting for portions of the sleep surface based on results of the comparison for that given time period;

measuring the sleep quality of the user using the sleep platform environment for that given time period;

comparing information from that time period with the information of the same user sleep platform environment from different time periods, the information including the measured sleep quality of the user for each of the different time periods;

selecting the pressure control information among the time periods based on the best sleep quality measurement;

updating the control settings of the user sleep platform based on the selected pressure control information.

42. A method, performed by at least one processor, for assisting in adjusting a user sleep platform environment with localized temperature regions across the sleep surface, comprising: (0) (7)

measuring indications of temperature over time of the sleep surface;

comparing the indications of temperature to at least one reference data pattern for indications of temperature of the sleep surface;

commanding temperature control information for adjusting the sleep surface temperature based on results of the comparison;

measuring the sleep quality of the user using the sleep platform environment;

comparing information from the sleep platform with a plurality of different sleep platforms, the information including the measured sleep quality of the users for each of the sleep platforms;

selecting the temperature control information among the sleep platforms based on the best sleep quality measurement;

updating the control settings of the user sleep platform based on the selected temperature control information.

43. A method, performed by at least one processor, for assisting in adjusting a user sleep platform environment with localized temperature regions across the sleep surface, comprising: (0) (7)

measuring indications of temperature of the sleep surface for a given time period;

comparing the indications of temperature to at least one reference data pattern for indications of temperature of the sleep surface;

commanding temperature control information for adjusting for the sleep surface based on results of the comparison for that given time period;

measuring the sleep quality of the user using the sleep platform environment for that given time period;

selecting the temperature control information among the time periods based on the best sleep quality measurement;

updating the control settings of the user sleep platform based on the selected temperature control information.

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Application US20180125256

ADAPTIVE SLEEP SYSTEM USING DATA ANALYTICS AND LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL SLEEP CONDITIONS

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