An interactive headboard system includes an interactive headboard configured to be attached to a bedframe. The interactive headboard comprises a video screen, and optionally one or more additional sensory output devices such as for example, one or more speakers, fans, scent ports, and/or motion actuators. The system may aid in the immersion of a viewer within the images presented on the video screen, helping them to relax. The system may also comprise a bed frame and/or an interactive footboard.

A bed senses inter-sleep-session changes in bodyweight of a subject. A computer system can be configured to: receive weight readings; determine, using the weight readings, user presence in a bed; identify, using the user presence, sleep sessions for the user; and generate, using the weight readings and for a given sleep session, weight change data that records a change of weight by the user through the sleep session.

A method and bed system for controlling a mattress climate-control system based on a thermal event. The bed system includes a mattress, a mattress climate-control system, a mechanical thermal detector, and a controller. The mattress climate-control system controls a climate at the mattress. The mechanical thermal detector is positioned at the mattress. A condition of the mechanical thermal detector changes in response to a thermal event at the mattress. The controller is connected to the mattress climate-control system. The controller perform operations including detecting the condition of the mechanical thermal detector and operating the mattress climate-control system based on the condition of the mechanical thermal detector.

A mattress appliance has components that control the remote filling and emptying of an air bladder to levitate a bedroom mattress. The levitation provides access to the outer, lower portions of the mattress to facilitate the installation and removal of an elastic skirted fitted sheet, along with associated bedding, such as mattress pads, flat sheets and blankets. The air bladder is remotely controlled since its air inlet or connection for filling and emptying is not accessible under the mattress. The air bladder size is smaller in both length and width than the corresponding mattress size to provide the hand room needed for convenient access. The components include: an air bladder, an air pump, a solenoid air valve, an on/off switch for the air pump and the solenoid valve, a flexible hose from the air pump and solenoid valve to the air bladder, and an electrical supply cord to the switch.

This invention is a device which creates adjustable acoustic and/or thermal zones in a bed to address sleep issues such as bed partner snoring and hot flashes. Adjustable acoustic bed zones can be created with a flexible movable partition which longitudinally spans a bed from an arch at the head of the bed to an arch at the foot of the bed. Adjustable thermal bed zones can be created with inflow and outflow flexible longitudinal air tubes which are inserted into a space between layers of bedding.

A support platform supports a mattress. The support platform includes legs. Force sensors are coupled to the legs or to the support platform. The force sensors are configured to sense a force applied to each leg or support platform. A controller is configured to receive at least one force stream from at least one of the force sensors. The at least one force stream represents a force sensed by the force sensor. The controller is configured to, in responses to receiving the at least one force stream, determine a sleep parameter from the following group of sleep parameters: bed presence, weight, heart rate, respiration rate, and motions. The controller is configured to output at least one or more of those parameters to an end user.

Introduced are methods and systems for a sleep pod. An occupant of a sleep pod can have a personalized sleeping experience based on an analysis of biological signals, environmental characteristics, occupant history, and other factors.

A system can include a foundation structure and a sensor. The foundation structure can have a plurality of deck panels configured to support a mattress. The plurality of deck panels can include a head panel. The plurality of deck panels can have a head, a foot, a first side, and a second side, a first edge along the head, a second edge along the foot opposite of the first edge, a third edge along the first side, and a fourth edge along the second side opposite the third edge. The sensor can be configured to detect a sound indicative of a snore. The sensor can be positioned along the third edge or fourth edge of the head panel.

A decorative leg cover, the leg cover comprising: a light and a receptacle for receiving a bed leg. The light includes a light housing and an LED on the front side of the light housing. The light also includes a proximity sensor on the front side. The receptacle has a receptacle opening therein adapted to receive the bed leg, the light being mounted on the receptacle so that the LED shines away from the receptacle.

A system and a method for adjusting a bed are disclosed. The bed is preset with a plurality of sets of adjustment parameters. An external muscle strength/pressure detection device or method is used to select at least two sets of the adjustment parameters suitable for the user. The corresponding sleep parameters are detected when the user sleeps, and the user-specific adjustment parameters are quickly selected and sent back to the bed for adjustment. Through the method, there is no need for the bed to provide pressure sensors.