Patent Document ID: 9848712
Application ID: 13873609
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for automatically adjusting a bedding system for a sleeper who is sleeping on the bedding system, the method comprising: measuring, by a pressure mapping engine, a two-dimensional pressure image of the sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system; applying a machine vision process to analyze the pressure image to determine a position classification for a body position of the sleeper, comprising: identifying body parts of the sleeper from the pressure image; determining a position of the body parts relative to each other on the pressure image; and selecting a position classification for the body position of the sleeper, the position classification selected from a set of predetermined position classifications, the selection made based on the position of the body parts relative to each other; providing the position classification to a comfort and support engine; and while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system, adjusting, by the comfort and support engine, a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based at least in part on the position classification.