Sleep Number had 12 patents in internet of things during Q4 2023. The Sleep Number Corp has filed patents for technologies related to monitoring and improving sleep environments. These patents include a system that senses sleep readings and adjusts the user’s sleep environment, a technology that suppresses ambient acoustic signals to detect human snoring and engage home automation devices, a computer application interface that selects bed output events to facilitate tasks, a bed system that detects user presence and collects data for sleep and health metrics, and a controller that issues commands to alter sleeping environments based on detected sleep disturbances like restless sleep and snoring. GlobalData’s report on Sleep Number gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Sleep Number grant share with internet of things as a theme is 8% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Home automation with features to improve sleep (Patent ID: US20230404282A1)
The patent filed by Sleep Number Corp. describes a system that includes a bed with a mattress, a sensor to monitor sleep readings of a user, an automation controller to send the sleep data to a cloud service, and hardware in the cloud service to analyze the data and make adjustments to the user's sleep environment based on trends. The system can also provide adjustments to the user's sleep environment through an automation controller and user interface, whether the user is in or out of bed.
Additionally, the system can incorporate personalized trend data generated from historical sleep data of the user to make personalized adjustments to the sleep environment. The system may also include peripheral sensors to gather additional data about the user's sleep environment, and the adjustments can include both machine-readable instructions for devices like the bed and human-readable suggestions for the user. Overall, the system aims to provide personalized recommendations and adjustments to improve the user's sleep quality based on real-time and historical sleep data.
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