This disclosure relates generally to a system for providing entertainment in a room. More particularly, but not exclusively, this disclosure relates to an entertainment system used with a patient-support apparatus such as a hospital bed, a stretcher, a wheel chair, or the like.
Sometimes, a patient supported on a patient-support apparatus would like to read or be entertained by a piece of media. When a patient is lying down or sitting up, a book or other piece of media is often held above the patient or out away from the patient. Holding books or other pieces of media may be difficult for a patient on a patient-support apparatus.
A patient-support apparatus for use in a room with a ceiling and a wall is disclosed herein. The patient-support apparatus may include a base, a deck, and an entertainment system. The deck may be supported by the base and may include a head-deck section coupled to the base. The head-deck section may move between a substantially horizontal position and an inclined position. The entertainment system may include a user input and a projection device coupled to the head-deck section for movement therewith. The projection device may be oriented to project images on the ceiling of the room when the head-deck section is in the substantially horizontal position and to project images on the wall of the room when the head-deck section is in the inclined position.
In some embodiments, the patient-support apparatus may include a headrail coupled to the head-deck section for movement therewith. The headrail may extend along a side of the head-deck section between a head end and a foot end of the bed.
In some embodiments, the projection device may be coupled to the headrail. The projection device may include an image projector, a media input, and a controller coupled to the image projector and to the media input.
In some embodiments, the image projector may be configured to project images corresponding to e-books, video, photographs, artwork, and/or video games. The media input may be configured to receive a mobile phone, a media player, a music player, a camera, and/or a gaming device.
In some embodiments, the user input may be spaced apart from the projection device. The user input may be in communication with the projection device.
In some embodiments, the user input may be in communication with the projection device. The user input may be configured to receive voice commands from a user.
In some embodiments, the entertainment system may include an angle sensor configured to determine an incline angle of the head-deck section. The controller may be configured to receive the incline angle from the angle sensor and may be configured to adjust vertical keystoning of the image projector based at least in part on the incline angle.
In some embodiments, the headrail may be coupled to the head-deck section for movement relative to the head-deck section between a raised position and a lowered position. In the raised position, the head-deck section may extend up above a top surface of the head-deck section. In the lowered position, the head-deck section may be located below the top surface of the head-deck section.
In some embodiments, the entertainment system may include a headrail sensor configured to detect the headrail position in the raised position and in the lowered position. The controller may be configured to adjust zoom of the image projector at least in part based on the headrail position.
In some embodiments, the base may include a lower frame and an upper frame coupled to the lower frame for movement relative to the lower frame between a low position and a high position. In the low position, the upper frame may be spaced a first distance above the lower frame. In the high position, the upper frame may be spaced a second distance above the lower frame.
In some embodiments, the entertainment system includes an upper-frame sensor configured to determine an upper-frame position relative to the lower frame. The controller may be configured to adjust zoom of the image projector based at least in part on the upper-frame position.
In some embodiments, the entertainment system may include a foot-end-distance detector configured to determine a distance from the foot end of the base to the wall of the room. The controller may be configured to adjust zoom of the image projector based at least in part on the distance.
In some embodiments, the foot-end distance detector may be configured to determine a bed angle formed between the wall of the room and the longitudinal axis of the base. The controller may be configured to adjust horizontal keystoning of the image projector based at least in part on the bed angle.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a patient-support apparatus may include a deck, a headrail, and an entertainment system. The deck may have a head end, a foot end spaced from the head end, a first side extending from the head end to the foot end, and a second side spaced from the first side and extending from the head end to the foot end. The headrail may be coupled to the deck and may extend along the first side of the deck near the head end of the deck. The entertainment system may include a user input and a projection device coupled to the headrail.
In some embodiments, the deck may include a seat-deck section and a head-deck section. The head deck may be movable about a head-deck pivot axis from a substantially horizontal position to an inclined position. The headrail may be coupled to the head-deck section for movement therewith.
In some embodiments, the headrail may be coupled to the deck for movement relative to the deck between a raised position and a lowered position. In the raised position, the headrail may extend up above a top surface of the deck. In the lowered position, the headrail may be located below the top surface of the deck.
In some embodiments, the projection device may be configured to project images corresponding to e-books, video, photographs, artwork, and/or video games. The projection device may be configured to receive inputs from a mobile phone, a media player, a music player, a camera, and/or a gaming device.
In some embodiments, the patient-support apparatus may include a base. The base may include a lower frame and an upper frame. The upper frame may be coupled to the lower frame for movement between a low position, spaced a first distance above the lower frame, and a high position, spaced a second distance above the lower frame. The deck may be coupled to the upper frame for movement therewith.
Additional features, which alone or in combination with any other feature(s), such as those listed above, may comprise patentable subject matter and will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of various embodiments exemplifying the best mode of carrying out the embodiments as presently perceived.
The detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying figures, in which:
According to this disclosure a patient-support apparatus is embodied as a hospital bed 10 for use in a room 2 with a floor 4, a ceiling 6, and a wall 8 as shown in
The person support 12 further includes a headrail 20 and the entertainment system 14 is coupled to the headrail 20 as shown in
The entertainment system 14 includes an image projector 26, a media input 28, and a user input 30 as shown in
In the illustrative embodiment, the person support 12 includes a base 38, a deck 40, and pair of headrails 20, 21 as shown in
The base 38 includes a lower frame 42 and an upper frame 44 as shown in
The deck 40 includes the head-deck section 16, a seat-deck section 50, and a foot-deck section 52 as shown in
Illustratively, the entertainment system 14 projects an image on the ceiling 6 of the room 2 while the incline angle is between about 0 degrees and about 45 degrees as suggested by
The headrails 20, 21 extend along a first side 23 and a second side 25 of the bed 10 between the head end 22 and the foot end 24 of the bed 10 as shown, for example, in
The entertainment system 14 includes a projection device 54, a user input 30, and a number of position sensors 56 as shown in
The projection device 54 of the illustrative embodiment includes a controller 60, the image projector 26 coupled to the controller 60, the media input 28 coupled to the controller 60, and a speaker 62 coupled to the controller 60. The controller 60 is configured to receive inputs from the user input 30 and the position sensors 56, to receive data from the media input 28, and to control the image projector 26 and the speaker 62. The image projector 26 is configured to produce an image and to adjust horizontal keystoning, vertical keystoning, and zoom of the image. The media input 28 is illustratively embodied as a USB port but in other embodiments may be an Ethernet port, a FireWire port, a wireless receiver, or another suitable input port. In the illustrative embodiment, the projection device 54 is similar to the PK100 DLP Pico Pocket Projector with LED illumination available from Optoma USA. In other embodiments, projection device 54 may be of another suitable type.
The controller 60 illustratively includes a memory 64 and a processor 66 coupled to the memory 64 as shown in
In some embodiments, the entertainment system 14 may include an actuator 68 as suggested in
The number of position sensors 56 includes an angle sensor 70, a headrail sensor 72, an upper-frame sensor 74, and a foot-end-distance detector 76 as shown in
The angle sensor 70 is configured to detect the incline angle α of the head-deck section 16 relative to the seat-deck section 50 as suggested in
The headrail sensor 72 is configured to detect the position of the headrail 20 as suggested in
The upper-frame sensor 74 configured to detect the position of the upper frame 44 as suggested in
The foot-end-distance detector 76 is configured to detect distance of the bed 10 from the wall 8 and to determine an angle β formed by a longitudinal axis 10A of the bed 10 and the wall 8 as suggested in
User input 30 is illustratively a wireless remote control configured to select images to be displayed, to change input sources projected by the projection device 54, and to change the volume of the speaker 62. User input 30 may also be coupled to a nurse call system (not shown) so that a nurse call is transmitted from the user input to the nurse call system. In other embodiments, user input 30 may be or may include a keyboard, a wired control, a joystick, or any other suitable input device.
Although certain embodiments have been described in detail above, variations and modifications exist within the scope and spirit of this disclosure as described and as defined in the following claims.
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