ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,007, issued on April 1, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).
"Automation for improved sleep quality" was invented by Rob Nunn (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Yi-ching Chen (Maple Grove, Minn.), Robert Erko (Apple Valley, Minn.), Anthony John Shakal (Rogers, Minn.), Wade Daniel Palashewski (Andover, Minn.) and Paul Groschen (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Historical sleep metrics are accessed. Historical sensor data is accessed. Incidences of low quality sleep experienced by the user are identified. Particular environmental conditions that affected the user during the incidences of low quality sleep are identified. A c...