Inflatable air mattress system architecture

摘要

A bed has a central controller that is connected to input devices, control devices, and other data processors. This central controller device can be used to receive input, send commands to the control devices, and to exchange data with the other data processors.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
an air mattress having at least one air chamber; a central controller device comprising:
a processor configured to control at least some logic sequences of the system;computer memory;an air pump configured to control a firmness of the at least one air chamber;a pressure sensor configured to measure the firmness;a first network configured to facilitate communication among the processor, the computer memory and the pressure sensor of the central controller device;a housing that encloses the processor, the computer memory, the pressure sensor, and the first network; a peripheral component; a remote control unit configured to receive i) first user input that indicates a desired firmness and ii) second user input that indicates a desired command for the peripheral component; an external network device; a second network configured to:
facilitate communication between the i) elements of the central controller which are enclosed within the housing of the central controller and the remote control unit, wherein the remote control unit is not enclosed within the housing of the central controller, and between ii) elements of the central controller which are enclosed within the housing of the central controller and the peripheral component; wherein the peripheral component is not enclosed within the housing of the central controller; and wherein communication of the second network passes through the housing of the central controller; a third network configured to:
facilitate communication between the external network device and an external server; wherein the central controller device is configured to:
receive firmness data from the remote control unit over the second network, the firmness data created based on the received first user input that indicates the desired firmness;responsive to receiving the firmness data, transmit instructions to change the firmness to the air pump over the first network;receive a command reference from the remote control unit over the second network, the command reference created based on the received second user input that indicating the desired command for the peripheral component;responsive to receiving the command reference, transmit a component command to the peripheral component over the second network;receive measures of the firmness from the pressure sensor over the first network;transmit first data to the external network device such that the external network device transmits the first data to the external server over the third network;wherein the central controller device is further configured to:
receive a peripheral reading from the peripheral component over the second network, the peripheral reading being created from a sensing of a sensor of the peripheral component; and responsive to receiving the peripheral reading, transmit a peripheral report created from the peripheral reading to the external network device such that the external network device transmits the peripheral report to the external server over the third network.