Bed device system and methods

Abstract

Introduced are a bed device system and methods for: gathering human biological signals, such as heart rate, breathing rate, or temperature; analyzing the gathered human biological signals; and controlling the bed device system, e.g., a temperature of the bed device, based on the analysis.

1 . A bed system for measuring a biological signal associated with a user and an environment property, and based on said biological signal and said environment property automatically adjusting a temperature of a mattress, said bed system comprising:
 a bed device configured to receive an instruction to heat said mattress to a specified temperature, said bed device comprising a mattress cover, said mattress cover further comprising:
 a sensor strip, wherein said sensor strip comprises a user sensor configured to measure said biological signal associated with said user, wherein said biological signal comprises a heart rate associated with said user, and a breathing rate associated with said user; 
 a temperature regulating layer configured to adjust said temperature of said mattress; 
   an environment sensor, configured to measure said environment property, wherein said environment property comprises a current time, a temperature, a humidity, a light intensity, or a sound intensity;   a processor communicatively coupled to said bed device and said environment sensor, said processor configured to:
 determine, based on said biological signal associated with said user and said environment property, a change in a sleep state associated with said user; and 
 when said change in said sleep state comprises a transition from awake to asleep, send a control signal to said bed device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The bed system of  claim 1 , wherein said processor determines presence associated with said user, and motion associated with said user, based on said biological signal associated with said user. 
     
     
         3 . The bed system of  claim 1 , wherein said processor is configured to:
 receive an input from said user; and   based on said input from said user, determine at least one of said control signal, or a time to send said control signal to said bed device.   
     
     
         4 . The bed system of  claim 3 , wherein said time comprises an average bedtime associated with said user. 
     
     
         5 . The bed system of  claim 1 , further comprising: a fabric, a batting, or a waterproof material. 
     
     
         6 . The bed system of  claim 1 , wherein said control signal comprises an instruction to heat said temperature regulating layer to a high temperature, wherein said high temperature comprises an average high temperature associated with said user. 
     
     
         7 . The bed system of  claim 1 , said processor configured to:
 based on said biological signal associated with said user, determine said sleep state associated with said user, and a confidence threshold associated with said sleep state;   adjust a likelihood that said user is asleep based on said environment property and said confidence threshold associated with said sleep state; and   when said likelihood that said user is asleep is above a specified threshold, send said control signal.   
     
     
         8 . A bed system comprising:
 a user sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user, said user sensor associated with a bed device;   an environment sensor, configured to measure an environment property, wherein said environment property comprises a current time;   a beverage dispensing appliance configured to receive a control signal;   a processor communicatively coupled to said user sensor and said environment sensor, and further communicatively coupled to said beverage dispensing appliance, said processor configured to:
 determine, based on said biological signal associated with said user and said environment property, said control signal, and a time to send said control signal to said beverage dispensing appliance; and 
 send said control signal at said time to said beverage dispensing appliance. 
   
     
     
         9 . The bed system of  claim 8 , wherein said time comprises an average daily wake-up time associated with said user. 
     
     
         10 . The bed system of  claim 8 , wherein said beverage dispensing appliance comprises at least one of a coffee maker, a tea maker, a juicer, and a cocktail maker. 
     
     
         11 . The bed system of  claim 8 , wherein said time comprises an activation time of an alarm associated with said user. 
     
     
         12 . The bed system of  claim 8 , wherein said bed device comprises a coil. 
     
     
         13 . The bed system of  claim 12 , further comprising: a fabric, a batting, or a waterproof material. 
     
     
         14 . The bed system of  claim 13 , wherein said batting comprises a sensor strip, wherein said sensor strip comprises said user sensor and a computer bus. 
     
     
         15 . The bed system of  claim 8 , wherein said biological signal corresponds to at least one of: a presence associated with said user, a motion associated with said user, a temperature associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, or a heart rate associated with said user. 
     
     
         16 . The bed system of  claim 8 , wherein said user sensor comprises at least one of a piezo sensor, or a temperature sensor. 
     
     
         17 . The bed system of  claim 8 , said processor configured to:
 determine a sleep state associated with said user, and a confidence threshold associated with said sleep state;   adjust a likelihood that said user is asleep based on said environment property and said confidence threshold associated with said sleep state, wherein said environment property comprises at least one of a light intensity, a humidity, and a sound intensity; and   based on said likelihood, send said control signal to said beverage dispensing appliance.   
     
     
         18 . The bed system of  claim 8 , wherein said processor is configured to:
 receive input from said user; and   based on said input from said user, determine said time to send said control signal to said beverage dispensing appliance.   
     
     
         19 . The bed system of  claim 18 , wherein said processor configured to determine said time comprises said processor configured to:
 record a wake-up time when a presence associated with said user is no longer detected;   upon recording said wake-up time, add said input from said user to said wake-up time to obtain said time at which to activate said beverage dispensing appliance.   
     
     
         20 . The bed system of  claim 8 , said control signal comprising an instruction to said bed device to adjust a temperature associated with said bed device to an average temperature associated with said current time and said user. 
     
     
         21 . A system comprising:
 a user sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user, said biological signal comprising at least one of a temperature associated with said user, a presence associated with said user, a motion associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, and a heart rate associated with said user;   an environment sensor, configured to measure an environment property;   a transceiver communicatively coupled to said user sensor and said environment sensor, said transceiver configured to transmit said biological signal associated with said user and said environment property, and further said transceiver configured to receive a control signal;   a bed device, communicatively coupled to said transceiver, wherein said bed device is configured to respond to said control signal; and   a processor, communicatively coupled to said transceiver, wherein said processor is configured to identify said user to obtain an identified user.   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , said control signal comprising an instruction to said bed device to adjust a temperature associated with said bed device to an average temperature associated with a current time and said user. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein said control signal comprises an instruction to heat said bed device to a high temperature, wherein said high temperature comprises an average high temperature associated with said identified user. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein said control signal comprises an instruction to cool said bed device to a low temperature, wherein said low temperature comprises an average low temperature associated with said identified user. 
     
     
         25 . A method comprising:
 obtaining a biological signal associated with a user from a sensor, wherein said biological signal comprises at least one of a presence associated with said user, a motion associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, a temperature associated with said user, and a heart rate associated with said user;   identifying said user to obtain a user ID, said identifying based on at least one of said heart rate associated with said user, said breathing rate associated with said user, said temperature associated with said user, or said motion associated with said user;   based on said user ID, obtaining a history of biological signals associated with said user ID from a database;   obtaining an environment property from an environment sensor associated with a bed device;   obtaining an average associated with said environment property from said database;   determining, based on said biological signal associated with said user, said history of biological signals associated with said user ID, said environment property, and said average associated with said environment property a control signal, and a time to send said control signal to said bed device; and   sending said control signal at said time to said bed device.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein obtaining said history of biological signals comprises:
 obtaining a plurality of average bedtimes associated with said user ID, wherein said plurality of average bedtimes comprises an average bedtime on one or more days of a week.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein sending said control signal comprises:
 sending an instruction to heat said bed device to a high temperature, wherein said high temperature comprises an average high temperature associated with said user ID.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein sending said control signal comprises:
 sending an instruction to cool said bed device to a low temperature, wherein said low temperature comprises an average low temperature associated with said user ID.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein sending said control signal comprises:
 sending an instruction to said bed device to adjust a temperature associated with said bed device to an average temperature associated with a current time and said user.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein determining said time to send said control signal to said bed device comprises obtaining an average daily bedtime associated with said user ID.