ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,606, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp..

"Bed snore sensor for detecting signal indicative of a snore" was invented by Dominic Grey (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), John Waite (Bloomington, Minn.), Ramazan Demirli (San Jose, Calif.), Omid Sayadi (San Jose, Calif.), Steven Jay Young (Los Gatos, Calif.), Shawn Barr (San Jose, Calif.) and Alan Luckow (Ben Lomond, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include a foundation structure and a sensor. The foundation structure can have a plurality of deck panels configured to support a mattress. The plurality of deck panels can include a head panel. The plurality of deck ...