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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

May. 19, 2016
Applicants:

Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Select Comfort Retail Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Rob Nunn, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Wade Daniel Palashewski, Andover, MN (US);

Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Rogers, MN (US);

Stacy Stusynski, Blaine, MN (US);

Steven Jay Young, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Carl Hewitt, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Select Comfort Retail Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01); A47C 31/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A47C 19/02 (2006.01); A47C 20/04 (2006.01); A47C 21/00 (2006.01); A47C 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2013.01); A47C 19/025 (2013.01); A47C 20/04 (2013.01); A47C 21/003 (2013.01); A47C 21/006 (2013.01); A47C 21/04 (2013.01); A47C 27/082 (2013.01); A47C 27/083 (2013.01); A47C 31/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method can be provided that includes measuring sound waves using a sound measuring device, determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, one or more parameter values of the sound waves, comparing the one or more parameter values with values, ranges, or patterns indicative of snoring, identifying a snoring state of a user, and initiating, with the central controller, a change to one or more adjustable features of the air mattress system.


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