ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,151, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ObjectVideo Labs LLC (Tysons, Va.).
"Infrared sleep monitoring" was invented by Ethan Shayne (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Dana Eubanks (Herndon, Va.) and Donald Gerard Madden (Columbia, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring a person's sleep are described. Thermal images of a person sleeping can be captured using an infrared camera and processed to determine the body temperature of the person. A particular sleep stage and its duration can be determined using the body temperature. In addition, the data obtained from monitoring the person can be used to determine...