Inflatable air mattress with integrated control

• US 9,770,114 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
• Original Assignee: Select Comfort Corporation
• Inventors: Brosnan, Aran, Chen, Yi-ching, McGuire, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Santos, Robert G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hare, David R
• Application Number:
  US14/586,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20150182033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/081 of pneumatic type
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/082 with non-manual inflation, e.g. with electric pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/083 with pressure control, e.g. with pressure sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/008 Use of remote controls

Abstract

An air bed system including a plurality of peripheral devices and a pump unit configured to adjust a firmness of an air mattress, the pump unit including a pump. The system further includes a controller configured to execute instructions that cause the pump unit to wirelessly pair with at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The pump unit is configured to receive at least one control signal addressed to the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices, and transmit the at least one control signal to the addressed device.

Claims

1. An air bed system comprising:

a plurality of controllable peripheral devices, each of the controllable peripheral-devices including a peripheral device controller configured to control behavior of the associated peripheral device;

a control device; and

a pump in a pump housing, wherein the pump is configured to;

adjust a firmness of an air chamber of an air mattress,

wirelessly pair with at least one peripheral device controller of at least one of the plurality of controllable peripheral devices,

receive at least one control signal from the control device, the control signal being addressed to the at least one of the plurality of controllable peripheral devices, wherein the control device is in data communication with the pump and configured to generate the control signal, and

transmit the at least one control signal to the peripheral device controller of the addressed controllable peripheral device,

wherein the plurality of controllable peripheral devices are external to the pump housing and the air chamber.

2. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of controllable peripheral devices comprise:

an adjustable foundation having an adjustable foundation controller in communication with the pump to receive one or more control signals transmitted by the pump; and

an air mattress pad having an air controller in communication with the controller of the pump to receive one or more control signals transmitted by pump.

3. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the pump is fluidically connected to the air chamber by an air hose extending from the pump, through the pump housing.

4. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of controllable peripheral devices are physically separated from the pump.

5. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the pump comprises a controller in the pump housing.

6. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the pump is further configured to:

detect a new controllable peripheral device comprising a new peripheral device controller; and

wirelessly pair with the new peripheral device controller of the new controllable peripheral device.

7. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the pump is further configured to receive a data update configured to modify a user interface to include features specific to a peripheral device.

8. The air bed system of claim 6, wherein the pump is further configured to receive a data update from the new controllable peripheral device.

9. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the pump comprises a controller.

10. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the control device is a remote control device.

11. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the control device is a smart phone.

12. The air bed system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of controllable peripheral devices comprises a motor, wherein the control signal is a signal to operate the motor, and wherein the at least one peripheral device controller is configured to control operation of the motor in response to receiving the at least one control signal from the pump.