TW201328635A - System for automatically adjusting hardness of air mattress according to supine or lateral sleeping position - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for automatically adjusting the hardness of an air mattress according to supine or lateral sleeping position comprises a mattress body in which a plurality of air cushions are disposed and a plurality of gravity detection elements are combined in a transverse arrangement manner. The air cushions are connected with an inflation/deflation device via a tube body such that the air cushions can be inflated or deflated by the inflation/deflation device. The gravity detection elements and the inflation/deflation device are connected with a controller. The amount of the gravity detection elements triggered can be used to determine whether the user adopts a supine or lateral sleeping position, such that the controller can drive the inflation/deflation device to inflate or deflate the air cushions, providing different hardness of the mattress body for supine and lateral sleeping position, so as to achieve the purpose of automatic adjustment of the hardness of the air mattress. A system for automatically adjusting the hardness of an air mattress according to supine or lateral sleeping position comprises a mattress body in which a plurality of air cushions are disposed and a plurality of gravity detection elements are combined in a transverse arrangement manner. The air cushions are connected with an inflation/deflation device via a tube body such that the air cushions can be inflated or deflated by the inflation/deflation device. The gravity detection elements and the inflation/deflation device are connected with a controller. The amount of the gravity detection elements triggered can be used to determine whether the user adopts a supine or lateral sleeping position, such that the controller can drive the inflation/deflation device to inflate or deflate the air cushions, providing different hardness of the mattress body for supine and lateral sleeping position, so as to achieve the purpose of automatic adjustment of the hardness of the air mattress.

Description

System for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to the lying position or lying on the side

The invention relates to a system for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to a lying or lying sleeping position, in particular to automatically detecting that the user is lying in a lying position or lying on the side, and according to the sleeping position of the user. Automatically adjust the softness of the mattress.

In the era of science and technology, people's pace of life is gradually accelerating, and in the busy life of the business community, the pressure of various external factors is also accompanied by life. After a day of fatigue, everyone hopes that Have a good quality of sleep to regulate the body to fully relax.

Nowadays, in addition to work and daily life, people spend a third of their life in sleep. Although sleep is about the quality of life, it will directly affect the health of the body. Therefore, people’s requirements for mattresses are also modern society. Demands and trends, however, currently available mattresses can be mainly divided into spring beds, air beds or memory foam beds, etc. In the case of air mattresses, currently commercially available air mattresses are usually detected by a pressure switch inside the air cushion. Pressure, when the pressure value is too low or too high, the charging / deflation device will automatically inflate the air cushion to maintain the air cushion at the set pressure, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the softness of the mattress. However, when the user sleeps, they will turn over and over, and sometimes they will lie down, and sometimes they will stay on their side. Because they have different contact areas with the bed when lying down or lying on the side, the required softness is also different. Therefore, if you can design an air bed that can adjust the softness and hardness with the user's sleeping position, it should be the most urgent design.

The invention provides a system for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to a lying or lying sleeping position, and determining whether the number of triggers of the gravity detecting component is greater than or equal to a set value through a control device to determine the user system The sleeping position is lying on the side or lying on the side, and the softness of the air bed is automatically adjusted according to the detection result.

The system for automatically adjusting the softness of the air bed according to the above-mentioned object of the present invention comprises: providing a mattress body composed of an air cushion; and providing a plurality of gravity detecting elements in the mattress body, The plurality of gravity detecting components are arranged in a lateral position of the mattress body, and connect the plurality of gravity detecting components to a control device; the control device is configured to determine whether the number of triggers of the gravity detecting component is greater than or equal to or It is smaller than the set value, and automatically adjusts the softness of the mattress body to the lying charge/deflation pressure adjustment value or the side lying charge/deflation pressure adjustment value according to the detection result.

In a preferred embodiment, the horizontal arrangement of the plurality of gravity detecting elements is from left to right or right to left when the user is lying on the bed.

The utility model relates to a device for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to a lying or lying sleeping position, comprising: a mattress body, the inside of which comprises one or more air cushions, the air cushion has an inlet/outlet port; a plurality of gravity detectors The side element, the plurality of gravity detecting elements are arranged horizontally in the mattress body; a tube body is connected at one end to the air inlet/outlet port, so that each air cushion is in a connected state; a charging/deflation The device is connected to the other end of the tube body not connected to the air cushion, so that the charging/defleasing device can inflate or deflate the air cushion; a control device is connected to the charging/defleasing device and the gravity detecting component, The control device has pre-stored the set values of the user in the lying sleeping position and the lying sleeping position. When the user lies on the bed surface, the pressed gravity detecting component triggers and transmits the trigger signal to the control. The device, according to the number of triggers of the gravity detecting component, is used to determine whether the user is lying in a sleeping position or lying in a sleeping position, and according to the detection result, driving the charging/deflation device to inflate or deflate the air cushion. To make air cushion Different hardness.

In a preferred embodiment, the top surface of the air cushion of the mattress body is combined with a comfort layer, which may be one of a wool layer or a foam layer or a silk layer or a combination thereof.

In a preferred embodiment, the gravity detecting elements are arranged in a direction from the left hand side to the right hand side or from the right hand side to the left hand side when the user is lying on the bed surface.

In a preferred embodiment, the gravity detecting component can be a membrane switch or a pressure switch.

In a preferred embodiment, the plurality of gravity detecting elements are attached to the surface of the air cushion or the surface of the comfort layer.

In a preferred embodiment, the control device includes at least an operation interface, a central processing unit, a display interface, a memory unit, a drive circuit, and a power supply unit, wherein the power supply unit provides the entire device. The power is such that the control device can operate normally, and the central processing unit is connected to the operation interface, the plurality of gravity detecting components, the driving circuit and the memory unit, and the driving circuit is connected to the charging/discharging device through the center. The processing unit determines whether the plurality of gravity detecting elements have greater than or equal to or less than the set value, and determines that the user is in a sleeping position lying on the side or lying on the side to command the driving circuit to drive the charging/deflation device to inflate the air cushion or Deflation.

In a preferred embodiment, the tube system is wrapped in the mattress body and the other end of the unattached air cushion is exposed outside the mattress body.

In a preferred embodiment, the pressure sensing component is configured to detect a pressure value in the air cushion and transmit the detection result to the control device for interpretation. The control device is configured according to the pressure sensing. The detection result of the component determines whether the charging/defleasing device is driven to inflate or deflate the air cushion or does not operate.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the system automatically adjusts the softness of the air bed according to the lying position or the lying position, and mainly includes: a mattress body 1 , the mattress body 1 is wrapped by a coating layer 11 At least one air cushion 12 is formed to form a bed surface 111, a bed bottom 112 and four side walls 113. The air cushion 12 has an inlet/outlet port 121 and can be combined on the top or bottom surface of the air cushion 12. a comfort layer 13, which may be a wool layer or a foam layer or a silk layer, or a combination thereof; a plurality of gravity detecting elements 2, the plurality of gravity detecting elements 2 are arranged in a lateral direction In the mattress body 1, the lateral arrangement is defined as the direction from the left-hand side to the right-hand side or the direction from the right-hand side to the left-hand side when the user lies on the bed surface; in addition, the plurality of gravity detecting elements 2 can be fitted The surface of the air cushion 12 or the surface of the comfort layer 14 is limited thereto; a tube body 3, one end of the tube body 3 is connected to the inlet/outlet port 121 of the air cushion 12, so that each air cushion 12 is in a connected state; a charging/deflation device 4, the charging/defleasing device 4 is connected to the tube body 3 without the air cushion 12 The end phase is connected, so that the charging/defleasing device 4 can inflate or deflate the air cushion 12; a control device 5 is connected to the charging/defleasing device 4 and the gravity detecting component 2, the control device 5 has pre-stored the charging/deflation pressure adjustment value of the user in the lying sleeping position and the lying sleeping position, when the user lies on the bed surface 111, the pressed gravity detecting component 2 will trigger, and will The trigger signal is transmitted to the control device 5, and the control device 5 determines the user to be in a lying position or a lying position in accordance with the number of triggers of the gravity detecting element 2, and drives the charging/deflation according to the detection result. The device 4 inflates or deflates the air cushion 12, so that the air cushion 12 generates different softness and hardness due to the change of the internal pressure value, so that the user can automatically adjust the mattress body 1 to the optimal position regardless of the sleeping position. Soft hardness for the purpose of comfortable sleep.

The gravity detecting component 2 can be a membrane switch or a pressure switch or other gravity detecting component, which is not limited herein.

The other end of the tube body 3 to which the air cushion 12 is not connected can be positioned to be exposed on the bed bottom 112 of the mattress body 1 or one of the wall surfaces 113, so that the tube body 3 is wrapped in the mattress body 1 to expose only one charge/ The venting hole can facilitate the assembly of the charging/defleasing device 4 in addition to the transportation of the mattress body 1 in the future.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of the present invention, wherein the control device 5 includes at least an operation interface 51, a central processing unit 52, a display interface 55, a driving circuit 53, a memory unit 54, and a power supply unit. 56, wherein the power supply unit 56 provides the power required by the entire device, so that the control device 5 can operate normally, and the central processing unit 52 is connected to the operation interface 51, the plurality of gravity detecting elements 2, the driving circuit 53, and the memory. The unit 54 is connected, and the drive circuit 53 is connected to the charging/defleasing device 4.

With the description of Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, it is first set the softness and hardness of the mattress body when the user 6 is lying in a sleeping position and lying in a sleeping position to obtain a positive lying/deflation pressure adjustment value and a side lying charge. / deflation pressure adjustment value, and the charging/deflation pressure adjustment value of the lying or lying side is stored in the memory unit 54; when the user 6 is lying on the bed surface 111 of the mattress body 1, due to gravity detection The measuring elements 2 are arranged horizontally in the mattress body 1. When the sleeping position is lying, the contact area between the user 6 and the bed surface 111 is large, so that more weight detecting elements 2 are pressed, as long as they are pressed. The gravity detecting component 2 sends a trigger signal to the central processing unit 52, and the central processing unit 52 determines that the number of triggers of the received gravity detecting component 2 is greater than or equal to the set value, thereby determining that the user 6 is in positive The lying state, and in accordance with the lying charge/deflation pressure adjustment value stored in the memory unit 54, commands the drive circuit 53 to drive the charge/drain device 4 to inflate or deflate the air cushion 12 to maintain the pressure in the air cushion 12 in the lying position. Soft state. On the other hand, if the user 6 is lying on the bed surface 111 of the mattress body 1 in a lying position, the number of triggers of the gravity detecting element 2 is small due to the small contact area with the bed surface 111 when lying on the side, and the central processing unit is small. 52 determines that the number of triggers of the gravity detecting component 2 is lower than the set value, and determines that the user 6 is in the lying sleeping position, and commands the driving circuit 53 to drive the charging according to the side charging/deflation pressure adjusting value stored in the memory unit 54. The deflation device 4 inflates or deflates the air cushion to maintain the pressure in the air cushion 12 in a soft state on the side.

Therefore, the central processing unit 52 is used according to the number of triggers of the gravity detecting component 2 to determine that the user 6 is lying or lying down, and drives the charging/deflation device 4 against the air cushion according to the sleeping posture of the user 6. 12 is inflated or deflated for the user 6 to obtain the most suitable softness regardless of the sleeping position.

The function setting mode or the operation mode can be displayed through the display interface 55.

The control device 5 can be integrated into a remote controller. The remote controller 5 and the gravity detecting component 2 and the charging/defleasing device 4 can be connected by wire or wirelessly for signal transmission.

Before the user purchases the mattress body 1, the user must first manually search for the softness and hardness value of the air cushion 12 suitable for lying on the side and lying on the side through the operation interface 51 and the display interface 55. The pressure is stored in the memory unit 54.

The operation interface 51 of the control device 5 can be a button group or a touch panel or a knob.

The user 6 can set the internal pressure value of the air cushion 12 through the operation interface 51 through the manual operation mode.

The display interface 55 can be an LCD or LED display.

In order to accurately obtain the air cushion softness of the user 6 when lying down and lying on the side, a pressure blanket may be laid on the bed surface 111 of the mattress body 1 , and the pressure blanket is connected to an electronic device. The electronic device can be a desktop computer or a notebook computer or a tablet computer; when the user 6 is lying on the pressure blanket, as long as the pressure blanket is stressed, a pressure value is generated to the display screen of the electronic device to display When the waist pressure of the user 6 rises, it can be known that the waist of the user 6 has been supported to correctly obtain the pressure values of lying down and lying on the side.

In order to maintain the pressure in the air cushion 12 at a set pressure value, a pressure sensing element 7 for detecting the pressure value in the air cushion 12 and transmitting the detection result to the control device may be added. The central processing unit 52 of the fifth processing unit 52 determines whether the driving circuit 53 drives the charging/defleasing device 4 to inflate or deflate the air cushion 12 or does not operate according to the detection result of the pressure sensing element 7.

1. . . Mattress body

11. . . Coating

111. . . Bed surface

112. . . Bed bottom

113. . . Side wall

12. . . air cushion

121. . . Inlet/outlet

13. . . Comfort layer

2. . . Gravity detecting element

3. . . Tube body

4. . . Charge/deflation device

5. . . Control device

51. . . Operation interface

52. . . Central processing unit

53. . . Drive circuit

54. . . Memory unit

55. . . Display interface

56. . . Power supply unit

6. . . user

1 is a perspective view showing a three-dimensional and partial cross-sectional view of a system for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to the lying posture or the lying lying posture;

2 is a structural diagram of a system for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to the lying posture or the lying sleeping posture of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a schematic view showing the operation of the system for automatically adjusting the softness of the air bed according to the lying posture or the lying lying posture;

Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing the operation of the system for automatically adjusting the softness of the air bed according to the lying posture or the lying lying posture.

1. . . Mattress body

11. . . Coating

111. . . Bed surface

112. . . Bed bottom

113. . . Side wall

12. . . air cushion

121. . . Inlet/outlet

13. . . Comfort layer

2. . . Gravity detecting element

3. . . Tube body

4. . . Charge/deflation device

5. . . Control device

Claims (10)

A method for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to a lying position or a lying position, comprising: providing a mattress body composed of an air cushion; and setting a plurality of gravity detecting elements in the mattress body, the plurality of gravity detecting The component is arranged in a lateral position of the mattress body, and connects a plurality of gravity detecting components to a control device; the control device is configured to determine whether the number of triggers of the gravity detecting component is greater than or equal to a set value, and According to the detection result, the softness of the mattress body is automatically adjusted to the lying charge/deflation pressure adjustment value or the side lying charge/deflation pressure adjustment value. The method for automatically adjusting the softness of a mattress according to the lying or lying sleeping posture according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the horizontal arrangement of the plurality of gravity detecting elements is when the user lies on the bed from the left side to Right or right to left position. The utility model relates to a device for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to a lying or lying sleeping position, comprising: a mattress body, the inside of which comprises one or more air cushions, the air cushion has an inlet/outlet port; a plurality of gravity detectors The side element, the plurality of gravity detecting elements are arranged horizontally in the mattress body; a tube body is connected at one end to the air inlet/outlet port, so that each air cushion is in a connected state; a charging/deflation The device is connected to the other end of the tube body not connected to the air cushion, so that the charging/defleasing device can inflate or deflate the air cushion; a control device is connected to the charging/defleasing device and the gravity detecting component, The control device has pre-stored the set values of the user in the lying sleeping position and the lying sleeping position. When the user lies on the bed surface, the pressed gravity detecting component triggers and transmits the trigger signal to the control. The device, according to the number of triggers of the gravity detecting component, is used to determine whether the user is lying in a sleeping position or lying in a sleeping position, and according to the detection result, driving the charging/deflation device to inflate or deflate the air cushion. To make air cushion Different hardness. The device for automatically adjusting the softness of the air bed according to the lying or lying sleeping position as described in claim 3, wherein the top surface of the air cushion of the mattress body is combined with a comfort layer, which may be wool One of a layer or a foam layer or a silk layer, or a combination thereof. The device for automatically adjusting the softness of the air bed according to the lying position or the lying sleeping position as described in claim 3, wherein the gravity detecting element is arranged when the user lies on the bed surface, the left hand side to the right hand side. The direction of the side or the direction from the right hand side to the left hand side. The device for automatically adjusting the softness of the air bed according to the lying or lying sleeping position as described in claim 5, wherein the gravity detecting element can be a membrane switch or a pressure switch. The device for automatically adjusting the softness of the air bed according to the lying position or the lying sleeping position as described in claim 3, wherein the plurality of gravity detecting elements are attached to the air cushion surface or the comfort layer surface. The device for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to the lying or lying sleeping position as described in claim 3, wherein the control device comprises at least an operation interface, a central processing unit, a display interface, and a memory unit. a driving circuit and a power supply unit, wherein the power supply unit provides power required by the entire device to enable the control device to operate normally, and the central processing unit and the operation interface, the plurality of gravity detecting components, the driving circuit, and The memory unit is connected, and the driving circuit is connected to the charging/defleasing device, and the central processing unit determines whether the plurality of gravity detecting elements have a value greater than or equal to or less than a set value, and determines that the user is lying or lying. In the sleeping position state, the command driving circuit drives the charging/defleasing device to inflate or deflate the air cushion. The device for automatically adjusting the softness of an air bed according to the lying position or the lying sleeping position as described in claim 3, wherein the tube system is covered in the mattress body and exposes the other end of the unconnected air cushion. The mattress is in vitro. The device for automatically adjusting the softness of the air bed according to the lying or lying sleeping position as described in claim 3, further comprising a pressure sensing component for detecting the pressure in the air cushion The value is sent to the control device for interpretation. The control device determines whether to inflate or deflate the air cushion or deactivate the air cushion according to the detection result of the pressure sensing component.