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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gary N. Garcia Molina, Madison, WI (US);
Yuki Hino, Dublin, CA (US);
Dillon Pedersen, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Shawn Barr, Berkeley, CA (US);
Kody Lee Karschnik, Plymouth, MN (US);
Farzad Siyahiani, San Jose, CA (US);
Cory Lee Grabinger, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A distal-proximal temperature-gradient of a sleeper is determined. A bed has a mattress. Temperature sensors are in an array. Each sensor is configured to: sense surface temperature of the sleeper of the bed, transmit, to a controller, temperature readings. The system also includes a controller may include a processor and memory, the controller configured to: receive, from each of the sensors, temperature readings at a particular time, access, for each temperature reading, a corresponding weight-value, determine the distal-proximal temperature-gradient for the sleeper at the particular time using the temperature readings and the corresponding weight-values.