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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jennifer Meddings, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James A. Ashton-Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shiyu Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Jessica Marie Ameling, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shuai Xiong, Shanghai City, CN;
Zizheng Zhang, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for real-time monitoring of movement of a person on a mattress includes sensor devices positioned on one or more peripheral surfaces of the mattress and configured to sense lateral accelerations of the peripheral surface(s). The sensor devices includes at least first and second sensor devices positioned on a first side surface of the mattress. A processing subsystem is configured to receive signals indicative of the sensed lateral accelerations of the peripheral surface(s) from the sensor devices, determine whether the sensed lateral accelerations correspond to one or more alert conditions, and selectively cause, or not cause, one or more visual and/or audio indicators to be generated based on whether at least the sensed lateral accelerations correspond to the alert condition(s).