Methods and systems for gathering and analyzing human biological signals

• US 10,792,461 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2019
• Issued: 10/06/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eight Sleep, Inc
• Original Assignee: Eight Sleep, Inc
• Inventors: Franceschetti, Matteo, Bassi, Massimo Andreasi
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Mirza F
• Application Number:
  US16/457,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20190321581A1
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
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Abstract

Introduced are methods and systems for an adjustable bed device configured to: gather biological signals associated with multiple users, such as heart rate, breathing rate, or temperature; analyze the gathered human biological signals; and heat or cool a bed based on the analysis.

Claims

1. A system for regulating a temperature of a portion of a bed device, comprising:

at least one sensor that is a part of said bed device, wherein said at least one sensor is positioned in said portion of a bed device and is configured to detect a biological signal of a user of said bed device when said user is positioned in said portion of said bed device;

a temperature control device operatively coupled to said portion of said bed device, wherein said temperature control device is configured to regulate said temperature of said portion of said bed device; and

a processor communicatively coupled to said at least one sensor and said temperature control device, wherein said processor is configured to identify said user from a plurality of users of said bed device based on said biological signal, and regulate said temperature of said portion of said bed device by said temperature control device based on said user'"'"'s identity,

wherein biological signal data to identify each user of said plurality of users is stored for access by said processor, wherein said biological signal data of each user is associated with said bed device based upon the detection by said at least one sensor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor is configured to detect a first biological signal of a first user of said bed device and a second biological signal of a second user of said bed device, and

wherein said processor is configured to (i) identify said first user from said first user and said second user based on said first biological signal, and regulate said temperature of said portion of said bed device by said temperature control device based on said first user'"'"'s identity, and (ii) identify said second user from said first user and said second user based on said second biological signal, and regulate said temperature of said portion of said bed device by said temperature control device based on said second user'"'"'s identity.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor is configured to detect a first biological signal and a second biological signal of said user, wherein said first biological and said second biological signal are different types of biological signals of said user.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said processor is configured to (i) determine a presence of said user on said bed device based on said first biological signal, (ii) identify said user from said plurality of users of said bed device based on said second biological signal, and (iii) regulate said temperature of said portion of said bed device by said temperature control device based on said user'"'"'s identity.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said first biological signal is a temperature of said user.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein said second biological signal is a heart signal of said user.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein said second biological signal is a breathing signal of said user.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor is coupled to a first zone of said bed device and a second zone of said bed device, and wherein said processor is configured to track movement of at least a portion of said user between said first zone and said second zone.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said temperature control device is operatively coupled to a plurality of zones of said portion of said bed device, and wherein said processor is further configured to independently regulate a temperature of each zone of said plurality of zones of said portion of said bed device by said temperature control device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said user'"'"'s identity comprises an average temperature of said portion of said bed device associated with said user.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said user'"'"'s identity comprises said user'"'"'s target temperature for said portion of said bed device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said user'"'"'s identity comprises said user'"'"'s target time to wake up.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one environment sensor communicatively coupled to said processor, wherein said at least one environment sensor is configured to (i) obtain at least one environmental property associated with said bed device, and (ii) regulate said temperature of said portion of said bed device based on said at least one environmental property.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said temperature control device is coupled to said portion of said bed device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor is a part of an additional portion of said bed device, wherein said portion and said additional portion of said bed device are separated from one another by at least one layer of said bed device.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said bed device is a mattress.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said temperature control device is a part of said bed device.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said bed device is a mattress pad.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said user is a person lying on top of said portion of said bed device.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein said biological signal data is stored in at least one database, wherein said at least one database is associated with said bed device based upon the detection by said at least one sensor.