Patents by Inventor Yuki Hino

Yuki Hino has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Using force sensors to determine sleep parameters
    Patent number: 11911327
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Ramazan Demirli, Yuki Hino, Tyler Holmvik
  • USING FORCE SENSORS TO DETERMINE SLEEP PARAMETERS
    Publication number: 20230115150
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ramazan Demirli, Yuki Hino, Tyler Holmvik
  • BED HAVING FEATURES FOR CONTROLLING HEATING OF A BED TO REDUCE HEALTH RISK OF A SLEEPER
    Publication number: 20230046169
    Abstract: Temperature sensors are configured to sense a temperature for the sleeper and transmit temperature readings. A controller is configured to receive temperature readings; and send to a heating subsystem instructions to initiate a warming process that raises a distal temperature of the sleeper more than a proximal temperature of the sleeper. The heating subsystem that may include a heating element that, when engaged, can raise the distal temperature of the sleeper more than the proximal temperature of the sleeper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Gary N. Garcia Molina, Yuki Hino, Dillon Pedersen, Shawn Barr, Kody Lee Karschnik, Farzad Siyahiani, Cory Lee Grabinger
  • BED HAVING FEATURES FOR DETERMINING AND MODIFYING TEMPURATURE OF A SLEEP ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20220261020
    Abstract: A distal-proximal temperature-gradient of a sleeper is determined. A bed has a mattress. Temperature sensors are in an array. Each sensor is configured to: sense surface temperature of the sleeper of the bed, transmit, to a controller, temperature readings. The system also includes a controller may include a processor and memory, the controller configured to: receive, from each of the sensors, temperature readings at a particular time, access, for each temperature reading, a corresponding weight-value, determine the distal-proximal temperature-gradient for the sleeper at the particular time using the temperature readings and the corresponding weight-values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Gary N. Garcia Molina, Yuki Hino, Dillon Pedersen, Shawn Barr, Kody Lee Karschnik, Farzad Siyahiani, Cory Lee Grabinger
  • Using force sensors to determine sleep parameters
    Patent number: 11376178
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Ramazan Demirli, Yuki Hino, Tyler Holmvik
  • USING FORCE SENSORS TO DETERMINE SLEEP PARAMETERS
    Publication number: 20200146910
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ramazan Demirli, Yuki Hino, Tyler Holmvik