ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,158, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Eight Sleep Inc. (New York).
"Detecting sleeping disorders" was invented by Matteo Franceschetti (Miami Shores, Fla.) and Massimo Andreasi Bassi (Union City, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Introduced are methods and systems for monitoring a person's sleeping patterns, and detecting episodes of sleeping disorders such as snoring and sleep apnea. In one embodiment, a sensor strip attached to the mattress monitors the user's breathing, and detects signature frequencies corresponding to snoring and sleep apnea. Once a sleeping disorder is detected, a notification can be sent to a device associ...