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Smart surface for sleep optimization

  • US 9,877,593 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2015
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for enabling delivery of a specified therapy type to a specified body part of mammal, over specified periods of time, said method comprising for each specified period of time:

  • receiving, by a processor of a computing system from physical sensors of a plurality of physical sensors spatially distributed on, in, or adjacent to a substrate, a value of an environmental parameter measured by said physical sensors while the mammal is on or in contact with a substrate and in contact with a first subset of the plurality of physical sensors, leaving a remaining subset of the plurality of physical sensors not in contact with the mammal;

    determining, by the processor, a second subset of the plurality of physical sensors as being those physical sensors whose received value differs from a corresponding predetermined reference value, of the environmental parameter by at least a predetermined threshold value, specific to said plurality of physical sensors;

    determining, by the processor, a physical part subset of the second subset, said physical part subset corresponding to the specified body part associated with said mammal, said determining the physical part subset comprising utilizing the second subset and digitally stored data representing the plurality of physical sensors and spatially distributed in digital subsets to map a space occupied by the mammal'"'"'s body parts, wherein each subset of the digital subsets comprises a digital representation of a differing body part of said mammal'"'"'s body parts, and wherein said utilizing comprises;

    overlaying digital sensors over data retrieved from the second subset; and

    determining, based on results of the overlaying, a digital part subset of the digital sensors corresponding to the specified body part;

    determining based on a cross referencing process, by the processor from the physical part subset, an associated therapy device of a group of therapy devices spatially distributed on or in the substrate, wherein the associated therapy device is positioned in sufficiently close proximity to the specified body part to effectively deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;

    generating, by the processor, a control signal comprising instructions to deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;

    transmitting, by the processor, the control signal to the associated therapy device to activate the associated therapy device to deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;

    after said transmitting, repeating by the processor, said receiving, said determining said second subset, said determining said physical part subset, said determining said associated therapy device, said generating, and said transmitting;

    determining, by the processor, that said each specified period of time has elapsed;

    terminating, by the processor, said repeating;

    analyzing, by the processor, therapy results of said specified therapy type being delivered to the specified body part during said repeating;

    determining, by the processor based on said results of said analyzing, a modified therapy type associated with optimizing sleep attributes associated with sleeping patterns of said mammal;

    generating, by the processor, an additional control signal comprising additional instructions to deliver the modified therapy type to the mammal; and

    transmitting, by the processor, the additional control signal to at least one additional therapy device to activate the at least one associated therapy device to deliver the modified therapy type to the mammal.

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