238 results about "Sleep position" patented technology

An anti-aging pillow provides, in the exemplary embodiment, a top surface providing a substantially central supine section flanked by an upwardly sloping left side section and a substantially symmetrical right side section, the left and right side sections elevated relatively higher than the supine section. The supine section is configured for accommodating a user when lying in a supine position, while each of the left and right side sections is configured for accommodating the user when lying in a respective side position. This configuration enables the pillow to both substantially prevent the user from unintentionally changing sleep positions as well as substantially assist in physically directing the user in selectively transitioning between each of the supine position and left and right side positions as desired, while substantially maintaining the user's head, neck, shoulders, and back in neutral alignment and substantially preventing facial contact with the pillow or underlying sleeping surface.

The invention relates to a mattress. The microcomputer automatic adjustable mattress proposes a mattress automatically adjusted based on the difference in the human body type, difference of the body parts, and changes of sleep postures, including: a mattresses coat, latex sponge, a telescopic device, a sensor system, a control system, a kinetic energy device and a power supply. When human sleeps, different body types have different pressure to the bed, as well as various parts of the body different pressure to the bed, the sensor system obtains these data and transmits to the microcomputer of the control system, the microcomputer receives, summarizes and analyzes the data based on procedures and obtains the command, controls the telescoping device required to adjust to ascend or reduce, and controls the adjusted amount, reasonably support the human body to attain a health and comfortable sleep. When the sleeping posture changes, the mattress, the mattress readjusts to adapt a new sleeping posture. The mattress can also perform massage to the human body according to the requirement. The invention has safety, health and comfort, simple and convenient use, quiet design, which is suitable for families, hotels, hospitals and other places.

A pillow that can be folded or rolled into a plurality of configurations is described. Preferred embodiments of the pillow typically comprise an elongated viscoelastic foam pad that can be evenly folding into half, thirds or quarters to create a formed pillow of varying thicknesses. Additional configurations are possible by rolling the pad or unevenly folding the pad. A pillow covering can also be provided that is longer than the foam pad such that the excess portion of the covering can be tucked under the formed foam pad to hold the pillow in its formed configuration. Because of its customizability, the pillow is adaptable for use by all types of sleepers including back sleepers, side sleepers, stomach sleepers and sleepers who switch sleeping positions during the night.

The invention discloses a multifunctional healthcare pillow applicable to people with different sleep positions. The pillow comprises a pillow inner and a pillowcase, and the pillow inner comprises a pillow surface, a control layer and a control device; the control layer consists of a plurality of air sac areas; the control device comprises pumps, control valves, pressure sensors and control circuits, the control valves are connected with the pumps and are respectively connected with the control circuits, and the pressure sensors are connected with the control circuits; and the control valves are used for controlling pressure in the air sac areas, so that the pillow has different shapes to meet requirements of different people on regulation and control of postures of the head and the neck when the people sleep. The height and the shape of the healthcare pillow can be automatically properly adjusted along with changes of the sleep positions of people, so that the head and the neck of a user can keep normal physiological radians when the user sleeps at different sleep positions. In addition, the multifunctional healthcare pillow is simple in structure, low in cost, reasonable in design and complete in function.

The sleeping-posture-control bed system includes a bed floor including a back-lifting portion for lifting the user's back, a bed-floor support body supporting the bed floor, and a back-lifting driver for lifting the head side of the back-lifting portion. The back-lifting portion includes a back-receiving surface and a head-receiving surface tiltable at different angles. The back-lifting driver lifts the back-receiving surface and the head-receiving surface, satisfying Mathematical Formula (1):0°<θx≦70°, −45°≦θy<0°, and −30°≦θx+θy   (1)where θx is the tilt angle of the back-receiving surface when tilted, and the tilt angle of the back-receiving surface when the back-receiving surface is not lifted is set to be 0°; and θy is the tilt angle of the head-receiving surface when the angle of an extended line of the back-receiving surface at the tilt angle θx is referred to as 0°.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide the proper pillow for a person based on the person's sleeping position and the characteristics of the person. The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a custom designed pillow based on preferred sleeping position, such as back, side or stomach, and certain characteristics, such as height and weight. These characteristics influence the appropriate pillow for a person. The sleeping position of the person determines the proper pillow structure for that person. The characteristics of the person determine the proper fill weight of the pillow. Determining a proper pillow based on these characteristics will allow the person to get pleasant, restful, and undisturbed sleep.

The invention discloses an intelligent identification method and device for a baby sleep position. A video analysis and mode identification method is adopted to identify the baby sleep position so as to timely discover important baby events like a baby kicks out a quilt, the face of the baby is covered by clothes, or the baby sleeps on the stomach. The method consists of three parts, namely sample feature modeling, real-time feature analysis and alarm judgment. In the sample feature modeling, textural features and SIFT (Scale Invariant Feature Transform) features of a sample image are analyzed, a sample feature template base is generated by means of feature fusion, furthermore, the features of a set monitoring area are analyzed while the real-time features are analyzed, the sleep position is identified in combination with the sample feature template base, the alarm type is judged, and then the alarm information is output. Due to the intelligent identification method and device, a guardian does not have to monitor the baby all the time by videos or observation on site, especially when the guardian sleeps soundly at night, the important baby events can be effectively and intelligently detected, identified and warned early and timely.

A passenger seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back operably coupled to the seat bottom. The passenger seat is translatable fore-and-aft and side-to-side in a horizontal direction, and is rotatable about a vertical axis so as to be oriented in any desired horizontal direction. The passenger seat is movable between an upright seating position and a reclined sleeping position. A passenger seating arrangement consists of a plurality of passenger seats arranged in a column with adjacent passenger seats separated by a privacy divider. A tray table carried by the privacy divider is mounted so as to be selectively raised and lowered and to be rotatable about a horizontal axis. Each passenger seat may include a leg rest operably coupled to the seat bottom and movable between a lowered position and a raised position for use in the upright seating position and the reclined sleeping position, respectively.

A method of determining body position uses ECG sensors at fixed positions, not fixed to the patient. The ECG signals recorded from the sensors are used to detect body position, using the variation of ECG potential over the surface of the body. The results may be processed by measuring artefacts related to the angle between the sensors and the heart, in particular the polarity of the QRS complex. The sensors may be fixed on the upper surface of a bed and used to measure sleep position.

A passenger seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back operably coupled to the seat bottom. The passenger seat is translatable fore-and-aft and side-to-side in a horizontal direction, and is rotatable about a vertical axis so as to be oriented in any desired horizontal direction. The passenger seat is movable between an upright seating position and a reclined sleeping position. A passenger seating arrangement consists of a plurality of passenger seats arranged in a column with adjacent passenger seats separated by a privacy divider. A tray table carried by the privacy divider is mounted so as to be selectively raised and lowered and to be rotatable about a horizontal axis. Each passenger seat may include a leg rest operably coupled to the seat bottom and movable between a lowered position and a raised position for use in the upright seating position and the reclined sleeping position, respectively.

A method and device for developing a positional orientation sleep aspect (POSA) to enable an individual to assume at least one preselected side-sleeping orientation on either a left or right side, including the steps of: a) placing first and second cylindrically configured, elongate pillows in parallel orientation on the bed, tethered by an intermediate member having a length approximately equal to a distance from the individual's low back to an extended knee; b) positioning the individual's body in a preselected, side-position on the intermediate member, c) establishing two additional, concurrent points of contact respectively at the individual's low back side with the first pillow and a projecting limb or knee with the second pillow; and d) sustaining the at least three points of contact to establish a sustainable recognition and awareness during sleep of the side-position while allowing the individual freedom of movement to also assume alternate right and left side positions, including free movement of the limbs between the pillows.

An animated toy alarm clock resembles a stuffed puppy, kitten, or other lovable creature. When the alarm is armed, the creature rotates or bows its limbs so that its body assumes a sleeping position. It may emit audible purring or other soothing noises for the relaxation of its owner. When the alarm goes off at the preset alarm time, the creature rotates or stretches its limbs so that its body rises into an awake position. It may emit barking, meowing, or other excited noises to awaken its owner to the world. The alarm clock may be conveniently disguised as a pet tag hung around an animal collar.

A foldable bed comprising a frame for supporting a mattress, foldable between a sleeping position and a storage position, and a guardrail in hinged connection with the frame for pivoting movement of the guardrail relative to the frame between an upright guard position wherein the guardrail is angularly oriented relative to the frame and a nested position wherein the guardrail is in flush abutment with the frame. The guardrail may have a mounting tab and a slot in the frame for insertion of the mounting tab of the guardrail into the frame for pivoting movement of the guardrail relative to the frame between an upright guard position wherein the guardrail is angularly oriented relative to the frame and a nested position wherein the guardrail is in flush abutment with the frame.

A pillow that can be folded or rolled into a plurality of configurations is described. Preferred embodiments of the pillow typically comprise an elongated viscoelastic foam pad that can be evenly folding into half, thirds or quarters to create a formed pillow of varying thicknesses. Additional configurations are possible by rolling the pad or unevenly folding the pad. A pillow covering can also be provided that is longer than the foam pad such that the excess portion of the covering can be tucked under the formed foam pad to hold the pillow in its formed configuration. Because of its customizability, the pillow is adaptable for use by all types of sleepers including back sleepers, side sleepers, stomach sleepers and sleepers who switch sleeping positions during the night.

The invention relates to a device of completing sleep position detection in non-perceiving state. The device is characterized by comprising a plurality of pressure sensors, an analog to digital converter and a data processor, wherein the plurality of pressure sensors form two pressure sensing bands which are arranged on a flexible base in parallel, and the space between the pressure sensing bands is equal to the distance between the tested shoulder and the buttock; the pressure sensing bands are pressure sensors with two rows of parallel lines with the vertical distance being 5-10 cm; the distance between the pressure sensors in each row is 8-15 cm; and two rows of pressure sensors are arranged in a staggered manner. Compared with other inventions, the device has the key point of arrangement of the pressure sensors and the sleep position judging method. The device has loose requirement on the sleep position of a user, and has high sleep detection accuracy.

The invention relates generally to bed monitoring device for monitoring bodily activity of a person and in particular vital signs such as respiration, cardiac activity and body's physical movement, including the presence, absence, step out or even falling out of a person using a sleeping environment such as a bed; mattress; top-mattress, bedding such as mattress covers, and pillow covers; a pad; a futon and the like. Based on the monitoring of bodily activity, the bed-monitoring device further allows determining sleep comfort and sleeping position of the user. It accordingly provides a valuable R&D tool to manufacturers of sleeping articles like beds, mattresses, top-mattresses, futons and the like; but also in counselling consumers when buying sleeping articles under professional guidance. The bed monitoring device of the present invention is characterized in comprising an optical fiber fixed to or mixed into a flat body positioned within said sleeping environment. This optical fiber enables detection of bodily activity by measuring a polarization variation of light propagating through said optical fiber. Further integration of this device with other monitoring systems such as home automation and alarm systems is also possible. Further integration of this device with other monitoring systems such as home automation, bed automation and control systems, and alarm systems is also possible.

The invention discloses a sleeping-posture judgment method based on MPU-6050. The sleeping-posture judgment method includes the steps that acceleration data and angular speed data of a to-be-detectedperson in the sleeping process are obtained; the obtained acceleration data and the obtained angular speed data are subjected to Kalamn filtering, noise is removed, and thus rotation matrix data is obtained; the acceleration data and the angular speed data are fitted with the complementary filtering algorithm, the fitted data is resolved through a quaternion differential equation, the quaternary posture number is obtained, and is unitized, and eulerian angles are finally obtained; three eulerian angle data series are cut with the sliding window method, and characteristic values are extracted;ranges of the characteristic values of the three eulerian angles are subjected to posture division with the decision tree method, and the sleeping posture of the to-be-detected person is finally judged. According to the sleeping-posture judgment method based on the MPU-6050, the sleeping posture is effectively detected, and the method can assist persons in improving the sleeping quality and promoting good health.

The invention discloses a multifunctional baby diaper alarm system capable of achieving real time communications of a mobile phone. The multifunctional baby diaper alarm system capable of achieving the real time communications of the mobile phone comprises a power supply module, a gas sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a gravity sensor, a sound sensor, a micro control circuit module, a Bluetooth transmission module and a mobile phone control module. The multifunctional baby diaper alarm system capable of achieving the real time communications of the mobile phone solves the problems that nursing personnel can not know that infants and persons in a special crowd ( especially a crowd incontinent of urine and feces) defecate or process the urine or the feces in real time after the infants and the persons in the special crowd defecate, and therefore skin of the infants and the persons in the special crowd is contacted with the urine and the feces for a long time, and injury is caused to the skin of the infants and the persons in the special crowd, solves the problems that the infants and the persons in the special crowd catch a cold due to the fact that quilts are loose and kicked away or the infants and the persons in the special crowd are not scientifically dressed, solves a poor skeleton development problem caused y long time unhealthy sleeping postures of the infants, and further solves the problem that sleeping and awake states of the infants can not be timely recognized accurately.

A chambered pillow with zones of varied densities for supporting a plurality of sleeping positions. The chambered pillow has varied density zones comprising a neck support zone wherein the neck support zone is medium to firm density, a central zone wherein the central zone is medium to firm density and two side zones wherein the side zones are a soft density. The chambered pillow may be filled with a fiberfill blend material, where the fiberfill blend consists essentially of, by weight, (a) from about 50 to about 70% eviscerated latex, and (b) from about 30 to about 50% polyester fiberfill.

A foot splint for the prevention and rehabilitation of plantar fasciitis by maintaining a wearer's foot and, hence, his plantar fascia, in a preselected amount of dorsiflexion. The foot splint includes a footplate for supporting the wearer's foot, a lateral strut extending along the lower leg of the wearer and having a strap for releaseably attaching the strut to the wearer's leg, and a wrap for wrapping around the foot of the wearer. A soft insole may be provided to cushion the wearer's foot from the footplate. The wrap, insole and footplate provide a comfortable “slipper-like” feel for the wearer. Moreover, the foot splint is particularly suited for use during sleep since it is light-weight and open configuration allows for the wearer to move unimpeded between sleep positions, resulting in a more restful sleep. Moreover, the lateral placement of the strut keeps the rigid portions of the foot splint from inadvertently abrading, striking, or otherwise interfering with the wearer's other leg.

Certain embodiments provide a multi-sleep position head and neck pillow apparatus. The apparatus includes a front, a rear, two ends, a center section, and side sections on opposite sides of the center section. The apparatus also includes a base layer and a top cushion layer. The base layer includes a base at the center section of the apparatus and a side at each side section of the apparatus. The base includes a top surface and the sides include an incurved top surface. The top cushion layer includes a neck cushion attached to the top surface of the base. The top cushion layer also includes a side cushion attached to the incurved top surface of each side. The side cushions include an aperture that extends through the side cushion to form an ear cradle.

A device and method for enabling an individual located on a bed to sustain a side-sleeping orientation on either a left or right side. The device comprises a light weight, elongate pillow having a longitudinal axis and being configured to rest at a back side of the individual when reclined in a side-sleeping orientation on the bed. The pillow includes attachment structure which is positioned along a longitudinal edge of the pillow to secure the pillow to the individual. The attachment structure provides sufficient flexibility to allow the pillow to rotate with respect to and rest against the individual's back to a laterally offset and suspended configuration in general alignment with the individual's spine. The method includes the steps of attaching the light weight, elongate pillow at the back side of the individual positioned in the side sleeping orientation on the bed and with pillow contact laterally offset from the spine between the back side of the trunk portion and the pillow, thereby capturing the pillow between the bed and back side of the individual upon attempted rotation of the body to a supine sleeping position.

In a sleep posture alerting method or an apparatus therefor, the sleep posture of a person is detected and the person is automatically alerted by an alerting device when the sleep posture is out of a predetermined body posture range. The detection of the sleep posture or at least the alerting of the person, when his / her body posture is out of the predefined body posture range, is deactivated during a sleep- in time period.

A device and method for enabling an individual located on a bed to sustain a side-sleeping orientation on either a left or right side. The device comprises a light weight, elongate pillow having a longitudinal axis and being configured to concurrently rest at a back side of the individual and an adjacent surface of a bed when reclined in a side-sleeping orientation on the bed. The pillow includes a flexible attachment structure which is positioned along a longitudinal edge of the pillow to secure the pillow to the individual's bed clothing. The attachment structure provides sufficient flexibility to allow the pillow to rotate with respect to and rest against the individual's back to a laterally offset and suspended, partial captured configuration in general alignment with the individual's spine and in concurrent contact with the bed surface to prevent a supine sleeping position.

Disclosed are an infant sleeping posture intelligent identification method and device based on thermal infrared imaging. The device includes a thermal infrared image acquisition module, a video interface, a thermal infrared image identification and processing module and an early warning module. The infant sleeping thermal infrared image acquisition module acquires thermal infrared images in an infant sleeping process in a real-time manner through a thermal imager. The thermal infrared images are transmitted to the thermal infrared image identification and processing module through the video interface. The thermal infrared image identification and processing module detects the position of a nose hole or an oral cavity and a head area position of the infant and judges a head sleeping position of the infant according to the detected position of the nose hole or oral cavity, relative to the head area. When the judgment result is sleeping postures which are dangerous or have potential safety hazards in that the infant is covered by clothes or the infant sleeps on the stomach and the like, the early warning module is triggered to output early warning information to notify a guardian. Non-contact and radiation-free guardianship is carried out on infant sleeping without using infrared emitter to emit infrared light so that no effect or harm is caused on the infant or sleeping of the infant.

The invention is an inflatable, wedge-shaped incline mattress that is inexpensive, portable, easily inflated or deflated, and effectively relieves Gastric Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in adults and infants by elevating the head while lowering the feet relative to the stomach. It also allows for side sleeping, stomach sleeping and rolling over to change sleep positions while still in the head-elevated position.