Bedding system with support surface control
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1. A method for automatically adjusting a bedding system for a sleeper who is sleeping on the bedding system, the method comprising:
- measuring, by a pressure mapping engine, a two-dimensional pressure image of the sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system;
applying a machine vision process to analyze the pressure image to determine a position classification for a body position of the sleeper, comprising;
identifying body parts of the sleeper from the pressure image;
determining a position of the body parts relative to each other on the pressure image; and
selecting a position classification for the body position of the sleeper, the position classification selected from a set of predetermined position classifications, the selection made based on the position of the body parts relative to each other;
providing the position classification to a comfort and support engine; and
while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system, adjusting, by the comfort and support engine, a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based at least in part on the position classification.
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Abstract
A bedding system uses machine vision to makes adjustments for comfort and/or support. In one aspect, a pressure mapping engine measures a two-dimensional pressure image of a sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system. A machine vision process analyzes the pressure image. A comfort and support engine adjusts a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based on the machine vision analysis.
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1. A method for automatically adjusting a bedding system for a sleeper who is sleeping on the bedding system, the method comprising:
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measuring, by a pressure mapping engine, a two-dimensional pressure image of the sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system; applying a machine vision process to analyze the pressure image to determine a position classification for a body position of the sleeper, comprising; identifying body parts of the sleeper from the pressure image; determining a position of the body parts relative to each other on the pressure image; and selecting a position classification for the body position of the sleeper, the position classification selected from a set of predetermined position classifications, the selection made based on the position of the body parts relative to each other; providing the position classification to a comfort and support engine; and while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system, adjusting, by the comfort and support engine, a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based at least in part on the position classification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27)
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24. A comfort and support control system for automatically adjusting a bedding system for a sleeper who is sleeping on the bedding system, comprising:
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a pressure mapping engine that measures a two-dimensional pressure image of the sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system; a machine vision process that analyzes the pressure image to determine a position classification for a body position of the sleeper, comprising; identifying body parts of the sleeper from the pressure image; determining a position of the body parts relative to each other on the pressure image; and selecting a position classification for the body position of the sleeper, the position classification selected from a set of predetermined position classifications, the selection made based on the position of the body parts relative to each other; providing the position classification to a comfort and support engine; and the comfort and support engine that, while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system, adjusts a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based at least in part on the position classification.
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