A remote watching system includes a sensor attached to a bed apparatus and configured to acquire biological information about a bed user who uses the bed apparatus, a server configured to receive the biological information from the sensor and output a notification that is based on the biological information, and a mobile terminal configured to receive the notification and display the received notification, wherein the server outputs only a previously set notification or the mobile terminal displays only a previously set notification.

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.

Furniture such as a mattresses and beds containing mattresses include transducers disposed within the furniture and exposed from external surfaces of the furniture to deliver sounds or ranges of sonic frequencies in a sonic wave vibration format through the furniture to the occupant of the furniture and audible format through external speakers to an area around the furniture.

A smart adjustable bed system combines an adjustable bed, a smart hub, a server, and smart devices to provide a system for controlling the raising and lowering of the adjustable bed. The smart hub acts as a gateway interconnecting the smart adjustable bed and a remote server capable of powerful voice recognition and artificial intelligence at a shared price. The system includes methods of using the system to allow an additional smart device such as a tablet computer to act as a remote control for the smart adjustable bed. The system further enables voice controls to be used to raise and lower the adjustable bed. Lastly, the voice recognition of the smart hub can be used to detect snoring and to send a signal to the adjustable bed to raise the bed to a position until the user reaches a position where snoring stops.

A lighted gaming chair including a chair and enhanced visibility lighting. The chair has a seat portion and a back portion mounted with respect to the seat portion. The enhanced visibility lighting is attached to the chair. The enhanced visibility lighting includes a light source and a diffusion layer that substantially covers the light source. The light source has a first width. The diffusion layer has a second width that is more than two times the first width. Light emitted from the light source passes through the diffusion layer.

A bed includes environmental control components, which may be temperature control components and pressure adjustment components in some embodiments. The environmental control components may be configured to provide different sleep environments based on identity of sleepers using or expected to use the bed. A controller may determine a number of sleepers for the bed, identify the sleepers, and determine if there is an expectation of later arrival of sleeper in determining a configuration for the environmental control components in providing a sleep environment for the bed.

A method can be provided that includes measuring sound waves using a sound measuring device, determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, one or more parameter values of the sound waves, comparing the one or more parameter values with values, ranges, or patterns indicative of snoring, identifying a snoring state of a user, and initiating, with the central controller, a change to one or more adjustable features of the air mattress system.

Systems and methods for use in monitoring one or more physiological parameters of a user. The system comprises: at least one sensing unit comprising at least one vibration sensor; and at least one elastic tube configured to be embedded within a cushioning layer for supporting at least a portion of the user. One end of the at least one tube is sealed and the other end of the at least one tube is closed by the at least one sensing unit so as to form a volume that is filled with fluid and that is defined by one or more inner walls of the tube and a surface of the at least one sensing unit. The at least one elastic tube is configured to transmit vibrations from one or more sections of the at least one tube to the at least one sensing unit for detection by the at least one vibration sensor.

A method can be provided that includes measuring sound waves using a sound measuring device, determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, one or more parameter values of the sound waves, comparing the one or more parameter values with values, ranges, or patterns indicative of snoring, identifying a snoring state of a user, and initiating, with the central controller, a change to one or more adjustable features of the air mattress system.

A patient support apparatus pneumatic system may include a mattress defining an interior and a pneumatic enclosure in fluid communication with the interior and comprising an inlet and an outlet. A blower may be in fluid communication with the interior and the pneumatic enclosure. A pressure sensor may be configured to detect a pressure at the outlet. A controller may be configured to monitor a speed of the blower and the pressure at the outlet for detecting at least one of an intake blockage condition and an exhaust blockage condition.