Application US20170259028

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS
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US20170259028

1. A system comprising: (7) (3)

a sensor strip, comprising: a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of an environment surrounding the temperature sensor;

a piezo sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user;

a computer bus having an adjustable length and configured to bend at specified locations to change said adjustable length of said sensor strip; and

a thermal member, configured to modify said temperature of a bed; and

a computer processor communicatively coupled to said sensor strip and said thermal member, said computer processor configured to determine a presence in said bed associated with said user solely based on a temperature recorded by said temperature sensor, and to determine a control signal, and a time to send said control signal to said thermal member.

2. The system of claim 1, said computer processor configured to determine said presence in said bed when said temperature recorded by said temperature sensor is between 36° C. and 37.5° C. (0)

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said thermal member is divided into a plurality of zones corresponding to a plurality of users, wherein each zone of said plurality of zones is controlled independently of remaining zones of said plurality of zones. (3) (0)

4. The system of claim 3, wherein each said zone is further divided into a plurality of subzones, wherein said thermal member is configured to uniformly heat each subzone in said plurality of subzones. (1) (0)

6. The system of claim 3, wherein each said zone is further divided into a plurality of subzones, wherein said thermal member is configured to uniformly cool each subzone in said plurality of subzones. (1) (0)

8. The system of claim 3, further comprising a power supply, wherein said power supply is configured to independently supply power to each of said plurality of zones corresponding to said plurality of users. (0)

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said biological signal associated with said user corresponds to said presence in said bed associated with said user, a motion associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, or a heart rate associated with said user. (0)

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said control signal comprises one of: an instruction to heat said thermal member, or an instruction to cool said thermal member. (0)

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said time comprises average bedtime associated with said user. (0)

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said computer bus comprises three straight strips, wherein said three straight strips include a first strip that is coupled at a right angle to a second strip, and said second strip is coupled at a right angle to a third strip, and further wherein said first strip is configured to bend backwards at specified locations, thereby extending a total length of said sensor strip. (0)

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said thermal member comprises a left thermal member and a right thermal member, wherein said left thermal member and said right thermal member are mirror images of each other, and further wherein said left thermal member comprises a plurality of consecutive elongated rectangles, each rectangle sharing and elongated edge with a neighboring rectangle, and further wherein each said rectangle is missing a short edge, wherein said short edge is different from a first short edge missing in said neighboring rectangle. (0)

14. A system comprising: (5) (2)

a sensor strip, comprising: a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of an environment surrounding the temperature sensor;

a piezo sensor configured to measure a biological signal associated with a user, said biological signal comprising a heart rate associated with said user, a breathing rate associated with said user, or a motion associated with said user;

a computer bus having an adjustable length and configured to bend at specified locations to change said adjustable length of said sensor strip; and

a computer processor communicatively coupled to said sensor strip and configured to determine a presence in a bed associated with said user based on a temperature recorded by said temperature sensor.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said computer processor is configured to identify said user based on at least one of: said heart rate associated with said user, said breathing rate associated with said user, or said motion associated with said user. (0)

16. The system of claim 14, wherein said computer processor is configured to determine a sleep phase associated with said user, based on said biological signal. (0)

17. The system of claim 14, said computer processor configured to determine that said presence in said bed associated with said user when said temperature recorded by said temperature sensor is between 36° C. and 37.5° C. (0)

18. The system of claim 14, wherein said computer processor is configured to calculate an average bedtime associated with said user based on said presence in said bed associated with said user. (0)

19. The system of claim 14, wherein said computer bus comprises three straight strips, wherein a first strip is coupled at a right angle to a second strip, and said second strip is coupled at a right angle to a third strip, and further where said first strip is configured to bend backwards at predetermined locations to extend said adjustable length of said sensor strip. (0)

20. A method comprising: (0) (3)

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Application US20170259028

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS

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