WO2021188015A1 - Matelas basculant transformable - Google Patents

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WO2021188015A1
WO2021188015A1 PCT/RU2021/050035 RU2021050035W WO2021188015A1 WO 2021188015 A1 WO2021188015 A1 WO 2021188015A1 RU 2021050035 W RU2021050035 W RU 2021050035W WO 2021188015 A1 WO2021188015 A1 WO 2021188015A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
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  • the invention relates to solutions for furniture for relaxation, in particular, to smart beds, namely, to transformable rocking mattresses, beds or other furniture for rest and sleep, made with the possibility of transformation and swing with three degrees of freedom.
  • rocking increases blood and lymph circulation.
  • the heart can pump blood and nutrients into cells, but the body needs movement to flush out toxins from cells. It is known that people without enough movement or who are bedridden can quickly develop serious health problems. For example, after surgery, patients may be asked to stand up and move as soon as possible, even if they are exhausted and in pain. Therefore, rocking can speed up recovery from surgery and reduce pain.
  • the main technical problem of the rocking bed is the limited possibilities of changing the rocking mode, the controllability of these parameters without human intervention, and the cumbersomeness of the systems for realizing the movement of the mattress block.
  • Many of the known devices require a special design, which involves high manufacturing costs.
  • the solution disclosed in patent publication KR 101731220 is known.
  • This invention relates to an electric rocker, and more specifically relates to an electric rocker capable of automatically allowing a mattress to move forward, backward and diagonally when a toddler or child is sleeping to induce a deep dream; and, in addition, repeatedly performs acupressure of the sole of the sleeping baby's foot to stimulate the growth point.
  • the present invention comprises: a bed frame; first to fourth electrically actuated ball cylinders; spring ball cylinder; base plate of the mattress; mattress; device for acupressure of the foot; one or more far infrared lamps; and a controller.
  • the disadvantages of this solution include the limited choice of the swing mode, the presence of an external frame, ball joints, which are the ends of vertical propellers not attached to the base of the mattress, support and stabilization of the mattress position due to springs attached to the external frame, and not due to horizontal guides, increased risk of operation, because hand or foot or fingers can get caught in the gap
  • an intelligent rocking bed solution containing a plurality of horizontal and vertical electronic actuators connected to the frame and made with the possibility of joint rocking the bed in three or more dimensions according to a given program for a given period of time (US 2017318978).
  • the bed with an intelligent drive is equipped with a variety of vertical and horizontal actuators in contact with the rolling frame.
  • the electronic actuators are configured to act in conjunction to provide the ability to simulate the wave swing.
  • the bed device is also equipped with a digital processor configured to control the electric drive of the actuators to ensure their multidirectional and simultaneous movements in a given rocking mode of the bed, simulating swinging on waves.
  • This bed with an intelligent drive also additionally includes a drive mechanism designed to connect the swing frame with actuators and mechanically provide multidirectional and simultaneous wave movements of the berth in three dimensions.
  • the disadvantages of this solution include the limited choice of the swing mode and the realized wave motions, since the proposed control mechanism allows realizing only one wave-like trajectory of motion set by the upper engine with a flywheel and an eccentric.
  • this solution is characterized by a low level of safety for the user, due to the placement of actuators against the frame, in the immediate vicinity of the user. Without protection, the risk of injury from contact with the mechanisms of the device is extremely high. At the same time, the localization of the actuators along the frame contour limits the controllability by the swing mode, creating excessive loads on the structure.
  • This solution does not provide for the possibility of implementing transverse movements and / or independent longitudinal movements of the bed, has a high noise level, which in total reduces the level of comfort of using the bed of this design.
  • this decision can be taken as a prototype.
  • the technical problem solved by the claimed invention is to propose a device for a transformable rocker mattress (mattress), which provides a simple and effective multifunctional solution, with a wide range of choice of operating mode and their application.
  • the technical result achieved by the claimed invention is to improve the performance characteristics of a transformable rocker mattress, by expanding the possibilities for implementing the rocking and transformation mode, increasing the level of comfort, control and safety of operation of the transformable rocker mattress device, as well as increasing the sound insulation of the structure.
  • a transformable rocking mattress including at least a bed provided with a substrate on the lower base, and a support base, coupled with a control device including at least a device for vertical movement of the bed mounted on a support base connected to a hardware-software control device for swing modes of a sleeping place, which differs from the prototype in that - the device for vertical movement includes a system of linear actuators distributed over the area of the upper surface of the support base and the lower surface of the substrate with vertically oriented extending rods articulated with the substrate, and a device for supporting the vertical position of the linear actuators;
  • the substrate is made composite, at least consisting of flat elements distributed over the surface, repeating the shape of the lower surface of the bed, each of which is pivotally connected to the rod of at least one linear drive of the vertical displacement device;
  • the linear drives of the vertical linear movement device are configured with the possibility of swinging the berth, coupled with the composite substrate, with three degrees of freedom, including plane-parallel movement along the vertical direction and turns around the longitudinal and transverse axis, with the possibility of changing the position of the berth in one or several planes at the same time and / or transformation of the flat shape of the surfaces of the berth into bending along curvilinear trajectories in accordance with a given software and hardware mode;
  • the mattress is additionally equipped with a soundproofing device.
  • the support base is made in the form of a rigid volumetric non-deformable structure
  • the device for supporting the vertical position of linear actuators contains a system of rigid non-deformable struts between the nearest linear actuators attached to the outer parts of the casings of the linear actuators.
  • the flat elements of the substrate are additionally equipped with elastic devices for compensation of rotation, located along their lower surfaces, coaxially with the rods of linear actuators, with the possibility of fixing the upper end of the rod in the groove of the compensation device and maintaining its vertical position during turns and bending transformations of the berth.
  • the flat elements of the substrate can be connected to each other by flexible ties, with the formation of a single surface of the substrate, and the flexible ties are preferably made elastic, and in one of the possible embodiments, the flexible ties are made in the form of elastic inserts connecting adjacent flat support elements with shaping a single surface.
  • An embodiment is also possible, according to which the flat elements of the substrate are connected to each other by flexible bonds to form functional groups separated from each other.
  • the sleeping place can be made in the form of an elastic mat tightly connected to the substrate with the possibility of synchronous movement with the substrate in accordance with a predetermined rocking mode in the software and hardware, without displacing the adjacent surfaces of the substrate and the elastic mat relative to each other.
  • an embodiment of the claimed invention is also possible, in which the substrate is additionally equipped with a flexible connecting mat, the lower surface of which is mated with the upper surface of the flat elements of the substrate, and the upper surface with the lower surface of the sleeping place.
  • the connecting mat is connected to the flat elements of the substrate by a detachable connection, and in the other, it is connected to the adjacent surface of the bed by a detachable connection.
  • the elastic mat can be connected to the flat elements of the substrate by a detachable connection and is made in the form of a spring, springless, orthopedic mattress or mattress with shape memory, and the fastening of the elastic mat to the adjacent side of the substrate can be made in the form of a Velcro tape located on the mating surfaces.
  • the noise insulation device can be made composite, including a system of distributed local contours of noise insulation in the form of a local shell around each linear drive and the surface contour of noise insulation in the form of a single shell covering the outside of the lower surface of the support base, and in the upper parts conjugated with the lower surface of the berth, connected to each other along the contour by the lateral surface of the shell of the surface contour of the noise insulation.
  • the shell of the local and surface contour of noise insulation preferably, is made multi-layer, where each layer consists of rhomboid fragments of noise-absorbing materials fastened together with an "accordion", with the possibility of stretching the shell when extending the rod and folding when the rod is pulled in, and each shell of the local contour of noise insulation is attached top to bottom surface the corresponding substrate element, and from below to the upper surface of the support base.
  • the sleeping place is additionally equipped with a pillow integrated in the head part, made in the form of a separate elastic mat adjustable in height and inclination, coupled with a dedicated group of linear actuators, the rods of which are pivotally connected to the corresponding dedicated group of flat substrate elements grouped in area of the formed integrated pillow.
  • control device at least includes:
  • the peripheral devices at least include a system of sensors for measuring the physiological parameters of the user, a system of sensors for the position of the user's body, at least fixing the pressure of the user's body on the upper supporting surface of the sleeping place, and a sleep tracker made with the possibility of registering the user's EEG ...
  • controller can be configured with the ability to perform the following actions:
  • the interface for input and exchange of information between the control device and the user can be built into the control panel.
  • the interface for input and exchange of information between the control device and the user can be configured in software and hardware based on a wearable or stationary computing device.
  • An embodiment is also possible, according to which the interface for input and exchange of information between the control device and the user is additionally equipped with voice and / or touch control functions.
  • the convertible rocker mattress can be additionally equipped with a cooling system for electric motors and / or the upper surface of the bed, a battery that supplies linear drives and / or a battery as a backup power source, and / or an electronic voltage surge protection system. and short-circuit currents.
  • a cooling system for electric motors and / or the upper surface of the bed a battery that supplies linear drives and / or a battery as a backup power source
  • an electronic voltage surge protection system / or an electronic voltage surge protection system. and short-circuit currents.
  • An embodiment is also possible, according to which the mattress is additionally equipped with a system of swivel rubber wheels attached to the lower surface of the support base
  • the transformable rocking mattress can also be additionally equipped with a cover, the shell of which covers the sleeping place, a support base with linear drives with vertically oriented rods installed on it, a support base with linear drives with vertically oriented rods installed on it.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a transformable rocker mattress with a plane-parallel bed position in the lower position: a) frontal sectional view; b) top view in section;
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a transformable rocker mattress with a composite substrate and substrate elements connected by a flexible connection, sectional view: a) with an inclination of the berth; b) with a deflection of the berth;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a transformable rocker mattress with a composite base and separated elements of the base, sectional view: a) with a deflection of the berth; b) with a curved berth;
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of a transformable rocking mattress with an integrated pillow, sectional view: a) frontal view; b) top view;
  • the claimed solution of a rocking mattress is a household frameless interactive device equipped with a vertical displacement device designed for comfortable rest, relaxation and sleep, driven, in accordance with the presented embodiment, by a system of linear drives that ensure the implementation of smooth reciprocating oscillatory movements of the berth with amplitude, frequency and shape set in manual or automatic mode.
  • the rocking mattress structurally consists of a support base 1, with linear actuators 2 dispersed over the surface of the base installed vertically, perpendicular to its upper surface.
  • Linear actuators 2, containing at least the housing of the yoke 6 and the sliding rods 3, are interconnected by a system of rigid, non-deformable struts 7 of the device for supporting the vertical position of the linear actuators.
  • the linear drives, together with the device for supporting them in a vertical position form a device for vertical movement of the berth connected to the device for controlling the rocking modes of the berth (not shown in the diagrams of Figs. 1-4).
  • Substrate 4 is made composite, consisting of flat composite elements 14 (elements 14), distributed over the surface mating with the berth.
  • the constituent elements of the substrate are placed at a distance of 3-4 mm from each other, and the structural connection of all structural elements is carried out by connecting at least one linear actuator with each element 14 of the composite substrate, as well as the presence of an elastic connecting mat 15, placed between the composite substrate 4 and the berth 5.
  • the lower surface of the elements of the composite substrate at the interface with the rods of linear actuators is preferably equipped with elastic devices for rotation compensation, in particular, according to the presented examples implementation (Figs. 1-3), made in the form of an elastic insert 12, covering the free end of the rod 3.
  • the rotation compensation device can be made in the form of a multilayer insert, the layers of which are made of materials with different elastic characteristics, which makes it possible to more effectively maintain the linear actuator rods in a vertical position at any preset modes of operation, including the modes of rocking and transformation of a sleeping place, for example, into a rocking chair, etc.
  • the composite substrate 4 can be made in the form of elements interconnected by flexible bonds, which can either form a single, continuous surface of the substrate, or form zonal groups of elements (for example, the region of the neck, chest, etc.) etc.), and / or functionally combined groups (for example, the formation of an integrated pillow).
  • flexible links are preferably made elastic and are flexible elastic inserts 16 between adjacent elements of the composite substrate. This design of the composite substrate, while maintaining a high variability of the rocking modes, allows to ensure reliable and safe transformation of the sleeping area according to the algorithms preset in the controller of the control device.
  • Elastic inserts between the elements allow you to provide a flat surface of the substrate and carry out the rocking and transformation mode with a high degree of safety for the user, since the connecting mat does not allow direct interaction of the berth with the composite substrate, smoothing out all excess irregularities and sharp edges protruding during turns elements of the substrate in the framework of the implementation of the selected rocking mode.
  • the design of the transformable rocker mattress is equipped with two contours of noise insulation, one of which is local and is implemented as a system of local 8 shells of noise insulation formed around each linear actuator 2.
  • the second contour of noise insulation is a surface contour 9 made in the form of a single shell encompassing the outside of the lower surface of the support base 1 and from above, passing below the lower surface of the bed.
  • the entire structure of the mattress is equipped with a single outer protective cover 10.
  • the support base 1 in the general case, is a rigid volumetric non-deformable structure, made, for example, in the form of a parallelepiped.
  • the support base is a supporting structure and is designed to ensure a stable equilibrium position of the mattress in a static or dynamic state, both when used as an independent bed, and as part of bed structures or other options for relaxation furniture.
  • the support base 1 is made in the form of a closed hollow structure, the internal volume of which is divided by transverse partitions 11, which form additional stiffening ribs that allow to strengthen the structure of the support base, increasing its stability and overall performance.
  • this kind of design allows, additionally, safely for the user, to place communication lines in the base cavity connecting the drives at least with the controller of the control device 13, as well as with a power source, which can also be installed in the base cavity (in the drawings not presented).
  • a power source which can also be installed in the base cavity (in the drawings not presented).
  • the embodiment of the support base shown in the diagrams of Figs. 1 to 4 is only one of the possible variants of its implementation, which can be any support and frame structures known from the art.
  • the support base 1 is made of rigid, non-deformable plastic or metal, or other materials that provide the specified properties and are selected taking into account the load generated by the pressure of the transformable rock sickle mattress in operation and the installed vertical movement devices that ensure a safe operation of the mattress.
  • the edges and corners of the support base can be protected with damping pads or inserts, for example made of rubber.
  • the vertical movement device installed on the upper surface of the support base is intended for static and dynamic, smooth, reciprocating change in the position of the bed relative to the fixed support base, i.e. one of the possible swing modes.
  • the vertical movement device consists of two main components - a system of vertically located linear drives 2, mounted on the upper part of the support base at a right angle, and a device for supporting the vertical position of linear drives - a system of rigid non-deformable spacers 7 between the nearest linear drives.
  • Linear drives 2 used in the presented embodiment as mobile devices for vertical movement, are electromechanical converters of the rotational motion of an electric motor powered from a single-phase household power supply or from a battery, into translational movement of the rod in both directions, along the vertical axis, by means of a backlash-free ball screw or roller-screw transmission, or linear motion transmission.
  • Linear drives are preferably equipped with an automatic stopper, which ensures the rigidity of the structure and the absence of the effect of slipping of the screw under load when the electric motors are turned off.
  • any of those known in the prior art can be used as drives, for example, electromechanical, electromagnetic, magneto-mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, acting due to magnetic fluid or due to chemical processes in engines, mixed type, etc.
  • linear drives of the same design can be used, as well as different ones, for example, which are most effective when organizing a swing mode or transforming any functional zone.
  • the power of the electric motors of linear drives considered as one of the examples of implementation of the claimed invention can also be the same, in one of the possible embodiments, or different.
  • the second component of the vertical displacement device is a device for supporting the vertical position of linear drives, in the illustrated embodiment, made in the form of a system of rigid non-deformable spacers 7 parallel to the plane of the support base, connecting the linear drives closest to each other, provides rigid fixation of the linear drives in the vertical position on the support base 1.
  • Spacers are attached to the casings 6 of the rods 3 and form a single rigid structure of vertical linear drives and spacers distributed over the upper surface of the support base.
  • the spacers 7 serve to increase the stability and safety of the mattress structure as a whole, and also increase the rigidity of the single vertical structure of the linear drive system and can be duplicated to increase the rigidity of the structure.
  • the spacers can be made, for example, of metal or plastic, having sufficient rigidity to ensure operation under the influence of high static and dynamic loads caused by the implementation of any of the preset or user-defined swing modes.
  • Synchronous vertical movements of the rods cause movement of the elements of the bed substrate, both interconnected and made separately: plane-parallel movements along the vertical axis, rotations relative to the longitudinal and transverse horizontal axes, and superposition of displacement and rotations.
  • plane-parallel movements the mating point of the rods of the linear actuators is invariable relative to the substrate of the berth. With such a movement, the linear distances between the rods at the attachment point on the support base are equal to the corresponding distances between the rods at the interface with the bedding substrate.
  • the insert due to the properties of elasticity and elasticity, allows the rotation of the position relative to the vertically oriented rod without deviating from the perpendicular position and maintaining the flat shape of the substrate, without deformation of the position and rods, thereby eliminating the possibility of failure of both linear actuators and the substrate mattress, in case of deviation of the rods from the vertical direction.
  • the rotation compensation device made in the form of an elastic insert is made multi-layer, containing at least two contour layers. Inserted into each other, made of materials with different elastic characteristics.
  • This design allows for tight compression of the rod in the rigid inner layer of the insert, while providing the necessary mobility of the structure of the backing element due to the use of an outer layer with a higher elasticity.
  • Polymeric materials, rubber or rubber with high elasticity and different elasticity index can be used as materials of the elastic insert forming the rotation compensation device.
  • a flexible connecting mat 15 is attached to the elements of the composite substrate of the berth, the main purpose of which is the elastic connection of the composite substrate of the berth and the berth itself.
  • a flexible connecting mat is necessary to maintain smooth (without corners) shapes of the bends of the berth during its transformation and to compensate for the negative effect of the inhomogeneity of the elastic properties of the substrate on the comfort of the user.
  • materials from natural and artificial fibers are used, which have properties of high elasticity during bending and high elasticity during stretching, as a result of which it smoothes angular shapes during the transformation of the berth due to stretching of the material, and the composite substrate of the berth fits snugly against it due to the elasticity of the substrate structure, thus, the non-uniformity of the backing does not affect the comfort of the user when using the mattress.
  • the flexible connecting mat can be attached to the substrate and the sleeping area in one or more locations, or superficially, over the entire surface or over a portion of the upper and / or lower surface of the connecting mat.
  • the material of the flexible connecting mat also helps to absorb vibration from the linear actuators and to increase the comfort of the mattress.
  • the actual sleeping place 5, fixed from above on the substrate 4 provided with the connecting mat 15, is an elastic mat, which is directly a mattress intended for resting the user.
  • an elastic mat any bed mattress known from the prior art can be used, for example, a spring, springless, orthopedic, memory foam mattress or other design.
  • the design of an elastic mat (mattress) used for the practical implementation of an element of the design of a bed is not the subject of the present invention and can be of any design that is compatible with flat, preferably elastic elements of the composite substrate and performs the main function of the bed - to provide comfort for the user on a transformable rocker mattress in rest, relaxation and sleep time, that is, the function of an ordinary mattress.
  • the upper elastic mat (berth) is removably attached (not shown in the drawings) to the connecting mat, for example, with Velcro, Velcro straps or other, known from the prior art, detachable connection, ensuring that there is no slippage between the substrate of the berth equipped with the connecting mat and directly sleeping place.
  • the berth is made from natural materials.
  • the berth can have a pillow 17 integrated in the head part, made adjustable in height and inclination by linear movement of at least two rods of linear actuators coupled with the corresponding components of the substrate of the berth, in the area of the formed integrated pillow, designed and operated similarly to the design of the sleeping area places in general, both in the swing mode and in the transformation mode, namely under the influence of the movements of the rods of linear drives.
  • the height of the cushion can be set by the user in active mode or automatically, for example, under the influence of the user's head pressure. Dimensions (edit) there are fewer elastic elements at the head of the bed than in the rest of the bed, these elements in the untransformed state retain the shape of the pillow - tilt and elevation above the upper surface.
  • a pillow integrated into the sleeping place can be realized, for example, by using linear actuators with rods of greater length in the design of the pillow, compared to the rods of other linear actuators used in the design of the mattress, which makes it possible to form the external relief of the pillow and modify it, in if necessary.
  • the pillow can be made in the form of an independent electromechanical element, consisting of several vertical electromechanical drives located on the upper surface of the base elements of the head part of the mattress, operating on the same principle as the base itself.
  • the linear drives are equipped with a driver and / or a controller (not shown in the drawings), coupled with a device for controlling the swing modes.
  • the specified driver and / or controller of the linear drive can be made both built into the drive structure, and in the form of a separate unit connected by communication lines with the drive mechanisms of the rods.
  • linear actuator drivers are devices that control the operation of linear actuators by regulating (changing), by means of control commands coming from the controller of the control device, the characteristics of the electrical signal supplied to the electric motors of linear actuators and the parameters of its transformation.
  • the torque and angular frequency of rotation of the linear drive actuator By regulating the current strength, voltage and other qualitative characteristics of the electrical signal supplied to the linear drive from the driver, the torque and angular frequency of rotation of the linear drive actuator, which in the considered embodiment is the rod, is set, in the case of a ball-screw linear drive actuator or roller-screw type, or force and line speed for a linear actuator.
  • the accuracy of maintaining the parameters of the rod movement is monitored by feedback sensors.
  • the characteristics of the rotational movement of the electric motor are linear, with a constant conversion factor throughout range of rotation of the electric motor, are converted into the corresponding final characteristics of the translational movement of the rod (positioning of the starting and ending points of movement, movement mode, speed and acceleration, etc.) linear movement mechanism, for example, stepper.
  • linear drives are controlled by a control controller included in the control device (not shown in the drawings).
  • the control controller (controller) is equipped with software and hardware that ensures the selection and implementation of the specified operating modes with variable characteristics.
  • the mattress control device consists of at least the following interconnected elements:
  • a database stored in the memory of, for example, the aforementioned controller, containing a plurality of scenarios of the rocking and transformation modes of the berth and an array of data of control commands in manual and automatic modes, generating and / or transmitting commands to control the rocking of the berth to the controller;
  • - drivers of linear drives for example, which are, coupled with the controller and motors of linear drives, devices that directly control the operation of linear drives by controlling the amount of electricity consumed by electric motors of linear drives by means of control commands coming from the mattress controllers, - peripheral devices, at least including a system of sensors for measuring the physiological parameters of the user, the position of the user's body, at least fixing the pressure of the user's body on the upper supporting surface of the sleeping place, a sleep tracker made with the possibility of registering the user's EEG.
  • an external device for storing and processing information which is, for example, a computing device with a large memory capacity and high computing power.
  • These devices allow for centralized management of a network of transformable rocking mattresses, recognition, storage, sorting, processing and analysis of personal information about the physiological and / or psycho-emotional state of the user, the development of individual scenarios for each user of the mattress operation, service functions of interaction with the user and the control system.
  • the interfaces for entering control commands by the user and the exchange of information between the control device and the user can be implemented as follows:
  • the sensory surface can be located on the upper and / or on the side of the bed at the level of the hands.
  • the input of commands can be carried out by the user through a tactile device for entering commands by the user, without visual control, for example, by associating tactile command input devices with the touch screen (surface) and processor, tactile manipulations on the touch screen with a preset in the base control device data commands or control scripts.
  • the tactile input of commands can be carried out, for example, with the help of a force sensor, by entering commands by means of: a) drawing the simplest figures - a cross, an oval, a spiral, an exclamation mark, b) tapping one or more fingers on the touch panel, c) directed movement of the fingers of the hand clockwise or counterclockwise d) movement of the fingers similar to increasing or decreasing the picture of a smartphone, etc.
  • the user can program the controller of the control device to be triggered after two or three times manipulations corresponding to the selected motion association and the control command preset in the controller of the control device for the transformable rocking bed.
  • the system of peripheral sensors connected to the control device provides accurate adjustment of the operating mode selected by the user, at the same time increasing the level of comfort and safety of the operation of the convertible rock sickle mattress, since the operating mode is preferably adapted to the individual characteristics of the physiological and psycho-emotional state of the user in automatic mode ...
  • the sensors for measuring the physiological parameters (physiological state) of the user are designed to monitor these parameters in dynamics and can include the following sensors configured in any combination, the parameters of which are automatically in real time fed to the controller of the control device through a converter (not shown in the drawings): sensors that measure pulse, respiration (for example, recording the user's breathing - inhalation and exhalation of air), temperature, blood pressure, accelerometers, etc.
  • both contact and non-contact sensors wearable by the user can be used, for example, in the form of sensors built into wearable smart gadgets, and external sensor systems or built into the structure of a mattress or bed linen, made to ensure the safe operation of the device and reliability the readings obtained.
  • the measured parameters enter the converters in the form of analog or digital electromagnetic signals, where each of the signals is converted in real time by the converter into a digital code read by the controllers of the mattress control device and external storage and processing devices and sent to the above devices. Conversion of signals of physiological parameters of the user is carried out by converters simultaneously and in parallel for all signals.
  • a sleep tracker can be used, which is a device that records an electroencephalogram (EEG) of the user's brain in real time during the user's falling asleep and sleeping.
  • EEG electroencephalogram
  • a tracker is used made in the form of a hoop, cap or tiara, worn on the head; it is also possible to make the tracker in the form of EEG sensors mounted in a pillow.
  • the measured EEG parameters are automatically in real time fed to the converter (converters) of the control device, where they are converted into digital codes and sent to an external device for storing and processing information and to the controllers of the mattress control device.
  • the specified EEG data can be stored in the memory of an external device for storing and processing information, thereby making it possible to obtain the chronology of changes in the monitored parameters and, accordingly, to more accurately adjust the operating modes of the mattress, thereby providing increased comfort and safety of its operation.
  • operational safety sensors can be used, for example, peripheral pressure sensors of the user's body, located on the upper surface of the berth, which determine the pressure of the user's body on various parts of the berth. sleep and to automatically stop the rocking mode of the mattress when the user leaves it, or when the user's body position changes from lying to sitting, as well as when the user gets up with their feet or knees on the mattress - that is, when the user's body position changes, when the dynamic functions of the transformable rocking bed are excessive or dangerous to the user.
  • Pressure sensors can be made both wired and wireless, connected to the controller of the control device via lines communication through a converter that converts sensor data into control signals.
  • control device devices known from the prior art can be used that perform in real time parallel, simultaneous and independent conversion of analog or digital signals from the physiological state sensors of the user, the sleep tracker, the user's body pressure sensors and command input interfaces.
  • control into digital codes understood by the external storage and information processing device and the controller of the control device of its mattress, as well as the parallel and simultaneous sending of converted digital codes to the external storage and information processing device and to the controllers of the control device.
  • the control device of a convertible rocker mattress can contain one converter device, or a system of converters, all or part of which can be built into sensors, interfaces, sleep tracker or controller of the system control device.
  • the basis of the device for controlling the modes of swing and / or transformation of the mattress and its operation as a whole is the controller of the control device, which can be both a single programmable device and a system of such devices with their own computing processors and memory, generating commands for controlling the movement of linear drives or transmitting control commands for linear drives received from other controllers, for example, peripheral devices, sensors, external storage and information processing devices, etc.
  • the controllers of the control device can be made as a single block with linear drive drivers connected in parallel to it, or a group of controllers each of which controls one of the drives or a group of drives, from several blocks with different control hierarchies, from physical and / or virtual blocks, which are control programs for linear drives and swing modes, etc.
  • control of all actuators and devices, as well as interaction with all structural elements of a transformable rocker mattress, including systems of peripheral sensors, interface systems, as well as external devices for storing and processing information, is carried out via communication lines organized by wired and / or wireless means.
  • Controllers of the control device can operate in an active mode, when control commands are received directly from the awake user or in offline mode when the user is sleeping, and the controllers generate control commands based on the input information contained in digital codes received by the controllers from the sensor system through a converter (converters ).
  • the forms of reciprocating vibrations of the mattress, the amplitude and frequency of these vibrations, their changes and transitions from one modes of operation to other modes are pre-programmed and stored in the form of catalogs or libraries, at least in the memory database of the controller of the control device and / or external device storage and processing of information.
  • New modes of operation, new in shapes, amplitudes or frequencies, modes of oscillation or transformation of the mattress are processed by the controller of the control device and / or using a preinstalled application and / or software according to a preset algorithm and saved as an indexed script in the above memory database of the controller of the control device and / or an external device for storing and processing information.
  • the choice of one of the specified swing (operation) and / or transformation modes is carried out on the basis of signals received from the sensor system of the control device (not shown in the drawings), as well as the user command input devices provided by the command input interface implemented in the system.
  • Data recorded by sensors or commands entered by users are sent through the command input interface to the swing mode control device in the form of signals, where they are decoded using a converter, converted according to a preset algorithm into a digital code and fed to the controller, where, in turn, in comparison with those stored in the controller memory database with the data of the swing and / or transformation scenarios are converted into preset controller commands that are sent to the electric motors of linear drives.
  • Electric motors of linear drives perform the number of revolutions (fractions of revolutions) specified by the controller at a given speed and acceleration of rotation, due to which a set of parameters of the movement of the rod of each linear drive in time is formed, which determines the amplitude of displacements, speed, acceleration, etc.
  • the position sensor monitors the angle of rotation of the rod in real time, and sends the corresponding information to the converter, where the information is converted into a digital code for subsequent addressing to the controller (s) of the control device and / or to an external storage and processing device.
  • information where the current information about the position of the rods of linear actuators comes, that is, feedback is carried out.
  • the controller (s) of the control device and / or on an external storage and processing device the current information about the position of the linear actuator rods is analyzed, and, if necessary, the controller of the control device generates corrective commands that are sent to the linear actuator drivers.
  • the controller (s) of the control device and / or an external information storage and processing device receive information from the sensors measuring the user's physiological parameters and / or from the tracker sleep through the converter (converters) of the control device. Based on the information received, the controller (s) and / or an external device for storing and processing information generate control signals that are fed to the linear actuator drivers, which drive the linear actuators in motion, in accordance with the mode and the selected movement program. Correction of the position and movement of the rods of linear actuators is carried out by feedback from the controllers and an external device for storing and processing information using position sensors, as in the active mode.
  • the following modes can be implemented:
  • an emergency stop mode of the mattress in which the mattress stops moving, after which it slowly returns to its original position.
  • the controller (controllers) of the control device and / or an external device for storing and processing information receive information from a system of sensors of the user's body position or from sensors of the rod position, through a converter, information on the basis of which an emergency stop signal is generated, which is sent to the linear drivers. drives and a stop mattress.
  • signals from the user's body pressure sensor system enter the converter, from where digital codes are sent to the controller of the control device and an external information storage and processing device, where, based on the information in digital codes about the pressure of the user's body on various parts of the berth, a redesigned program for the formation of a comfortable relief of the user's berth, they form control commands for linear drives sent to the drive drivers.
  • the comfortable relief of the berth is adjusted in the same way.
  • a mode of a custom shape of a berth (for example, zero gravity, fit eating, legs up) can be realized; mode of comfortable transformation of the shape of the sleeping meta under the influence of the user's body; lifting mode and integrated cushion; brief static tilting, for example, to stop snoring and change posture, while lifting the integrated pillow, etc.
  • peripheral sensors in the control device makes it possible to automate the selection of the operating mode according to their indications.
  • the possibility of adjusting the operating mode, its parameters, as well as the direct setting of one of the preset modes, that is, the functioning of the mattress in active mode is provided by the presence of devices for entering user commands, for example, by means of a microphone, a control panel, a smartphone, or other wearable or stationary computer means. (tablet, laptop, built-in touch terminal, etc.).
  • the sensors and / or devices for entering user commands in order to enable communication with the control device, are equipped with a software and hardware interface for entering user commands connected via wired or wireless communication lines with the control controller, in particular, through the interface associated with the controller control converter.
  • the synchronism of operation of linear drives provides three independent degrees of freedom of movement of the mattress bed: vertical plane-parallel movement along the vertical axis at any given time speed (when the coordinates of the vertically oriented rods of all linear drives are the same at each moment of time), rotation about the longitudinal horizontal axis with any angular velocity set from time (when the coordinates of the vertically oriented rods of linear drives are in antiphase relative to the longitudinal axis, and the amplitudes of the extension of the rods are proportional to the distance from the screw to the longitudinal axis) and rotation about the transverse horizontal axis with any angular velocity set from time to time (when the coordinates are vertical oriented rods of linear actuators are in antiphase with respect to the transverse horizontal axis, and the amplitudes of the extension of the rods are proportional to the distance from the screw to the transverse horizontal axis).
  • the operating characteristics for example, speed, amplitude, frequency, slope, etc.
  • the operating characteristics can be adjusted automatically (according to the readings of the sensor system) or set by the user by directly specifying the values using the control panel or other devices for entering user commands, which provides a wide variability of the forms of oscillatory movements implemented by the claimed design of the mattress.
  • linear drives are required, the rods of which are not located on one straight line and are dispersed over the surface of the composite mattress substrate.
  • the optimal number of linear drives of the vertical movement device is determined by a combination of technical and technological factors: the weight of the mattress, the power consumption of the electric motors, the power and kinematic characteristics of the linear drives, their reliability and reliability in operation, the vibration and noise levels during the operation of the linear drives of the vertical movement device, the reliability of the synchronization device operation of linear actuators, etc.
  • the exact location of linear actuators on the upper surface of the support base depends on their number, power, layout of functional and structural units, and noise insulation requirements. In general, the maximum number of vertical linear actuators is limited by the physical dimensions of the vertical movement device support by the physical dimensions of the linear actuators, that is, by the possibility of their placement on the vertical movement device support base.
  • the convertible rocker mattress In a static position, the convertible rocker mattress is a regular mattress. Due to automatic stopping devices in linear drives, operating both with applied voltage and without electrical load, there are no backlash and slippage in linear drives under the weight of the device itself and with the user lying (standing, sitting, jumping) on it, which ensures safe and comfortable mode of operation of the device.
  • the mattress device is equipped with a soundproofing device, consisting of two circuits - a system of distributed local 8 soundproofing circuits in the form of a local shell around each linear actuator and 9 surface contour, in the form of a single shell covering the outside of the lower surface of the support base, and from above - along the lower surface of the berth, connected to each other along the contour by the lateral surface of the shell of the noise insulation contour.
  • the noise isolation device preferably provides a noise level not exceeding 25 dB.
  • the local contour of noise insulation is a multilayer shell, where each layer consists of rhomboid fragments of noise-absorbing materials fastened together with an "accordion", made with the possibility of stretching the shell when extending the rod and folding when the rod is retracted.
  • Each shell of the local contour is made around the lateral surface of the housing of the yoke 6 of the linear drive, connected from above to the lower surface of the composite element of the substrate, and from below to the upper surface of the support base.
  • Each layer of the local soundproofing shell is made of sound-absorbing material designed to absorb a specific spectrum of noise.
  • the number of layers of the local contour depends on the required technical parameters of noise insulation.
  • the surface contour of noise insulation has a structure and composition similar to the local contour.
  • the materials of the sound-absorbing layers are preferably made of natural and synthetic woven and non-woven materials. The number of layers and the composition of materials in the local and surface contours of noise insulation can be different.
  • the structure of the transformable motion sickness mattress is preferably provided with a protective cover made in the form of a single removable shell, covering the structure of the rolling mattress as a whole.
  • the protective cover prevents the penetration of dust, dirt, liquids into the structure, minimizing the risks of damage to the device, increasing its performance, in particular its service life. eliminates the possibility of injury to the user during active work mechanism of movement and / or transformation.
  • the protective cover is made of an elastic, resilient fabric to enhance the protective properties of the cover.
  • the outer contour of the convertible rocker mattress can be equipped with ultrasonic sensors, the actuation of which stops the operation of the actuators at any crossing of the contour of the device.
  • the mattress can be additionally equipped with a cooling system for electric motors and / or the upper surface of the berth, a battery supplying linear drives and / or a battery as a backup power source, and / or an electronic protection system against voltage surges and short-circuit currents.
  • a cooling system for electric motors and / or the upper surface of the berth a battery supplying linear drives and / or a battery as a backup power source, and / or an electronic protection system against voltage surges and short-circuit currents.
  • the support base can be additionally equipped with a system of small diameter swivel rubber wheels driven by their own electric motors attached to the lower plane of the support base.
  • a system of wheels the mattress can move on a flat floor independently or at the user's command.
  • the presented example of implementation of the claimed invention is one of the preferred variants of its execution, since it provides a high degree of compactness of the structure and comfort and safety of operation, since the efforts transmitted from the linear displacement devices to the mattress are evenly distributed over the entire surface of the mattress substrate, allowing you to control the mode of its movement and transformation with high accuracy of adjustment and ensure comfortable and safe operating conditions.
  • the convertible rocker mattress can be modified into a newborn cradle, rocking chair, NAP POD, napkin bed, etc.
  • the claimed design of a transformable rocker mattress due to the placement of linear actuators distributed over the surface of the support base and the bed substrate, devices for maintaining the actuators in a vertical position and compensating for rotation, as well as the presence of contours noise isolation, providing noise isolation of the drives and the structure as a whole, in combination with the ability to control the swing modes in automatic and manual mode, taking into account the current state of the user, provides an increase in the performance characteristics of the transformable rocker mattress, by expanding the possibilities for implementing the swing mode, increasing the level of comfort, control and safety of operation of the device of a transformable rocking mattress, as well as increasing the sound insulation of the structure.

Abstract

L'invention se rapporte à des éléments de mobilier pour le repos qui peuvent basculer selon trois niveaux de liberté. Le résultat technique consiste en une augmentation du niveau de confort, du contrôle et de la sécurité d'exploitation, et en une isolation phonique de la structure. Ce matelas basculant transformable comprend: un emplacement pour dormir comportant sur la base inférieure un mat élastique de connexion s'accompagnant d'un substrat intégral comportant des éléments plans segmentés ou connectés entre eux par des liens flexibles; une base de support comportant un système d'actionneurs linéaires répartis sur la surface supérieure de la base du système et comportant un dispositif de maintien de la position verticale dont les tiges sont connectées de manière articulée à la surface inférieure des éléments du substrat par un dispositif de compensation des rotations. Ce matelas comprend un dispositif d'amortissement du bruit, et le système d'actionneurs linéaires est connecté à un dispositif de commande.
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