ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,442, issued on July 8, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Sleep monitoring and sleep aid usage" was invented by Philippe Richard Kahn (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Arthur Kinsolving (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus to improve sleep aid efficacy are provided. The method comprises monitoring the sleeping patterns of a user utilizing a non-intrusive sleep monitoring device. The method further correlates the user's sleep quality and sleep quantity with use of the sleep aid. In one embodiment, the method adjusts the sleep aid based on the sleep statistics. The efficacy of sl...