US 12,108,900 B1
Automated sleep assistant
Beth A. Marcus, Bedford, MA (US); and Margaret Jean Williams George, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,473.
Int. Cl. A47G 9/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/113 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC A47G 9/1045 (2013.01) [A47G 9/1027 (2013.01); A47G 9/1036 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61B 5/113 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/7455 (2013.01); A61F 5/56 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); A47G 2200/146 (2013.01); A47G 2200/205 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an audio input device;
a pillow comprising a plurality of regions, wherein a respective region comprises:
one or more sensors;
one or more inflatable air bladders; and
one or more feedback devices;
a base unit device physically connected to the pillow, wherein the base unit comprises:
a sound-dampening housing;
a pump within the sound-dampening housing that is connected to a manifold that independently controls inflation of the one or more inflatable air bladders; and
electronic circuitry communicatively coupled to the pillow, the electronic circuitry comprising memory storing executable instructions that, as a result of execution by one or more processors, cause the electronic circuitry to:
obtain, from the audio input device, audio data emitted from a user of the pillow during sleep while the one or more inflatable air bladders are in a first configuration;
obtaining, from the one or more sensors, sensor data indicating a position or change in the position of the user;
use a machine-learning model to determine, based on audio data collected by the audio input device and the sensor data collected by the one or more sensors, that the user has experienced an adverse sleep-related condition;
determine one or more external actions that mitigate the adverse sleep-related condition, wherein the one or more external actions comprise applying, in an alternating fashion, a first lateral force in a first direction at a first time and then applying a second lateral force in a second direction at a second time to create a rocking motion; and
cause the pillow to apply the one or more external actions on the user.