Smart Mattress Cover for Unobtrusive Monitoring of Sleep-Quality Correlates in Real-Life

This paper presents the design, development, and preliminary testing of the Smart Mattress Cover (SMC), a non-obtrusive, mass-production suitable system for real-world data acquisition of physiological sleep parameters correlates. The SMC integrates a fabric-based pressure sensor matrix and two accelerometers within a flexible, user-friendly design. Preliminary laboratory tests demonstrates the system's capability to detect sleep-related physiological parameters, including respiratory activity, heart rate and subject's movement.