Consumer Sleep Technology

October 1, 2021

• Is Apple Also Interested in Posture Detection?

September 24, 2021

• Can Philips Lean on Nightbalance?

September 16, 2021

• Spotify Will Help You Sleep
• Whoop Grows Funding, Continues to Develop Sleep Tech
• Contactless Sleep Tracking is Growing — Who’s Patenting?
• Samsung Updates Watch — No Surprise to Patent Forecast

August 12, 2021

• When Will Casper Pivot to Temperature Control?

August 6, 2021

• Amazon Wants to Watch You Sleep

July 23, 2021

• Be Prepared for Smart Bed Manufacturers to Go to the Mattresses
• Kryo Goes Pro

July 8, 2021

• Patents Show Apple Still Pursuing Mattress Tech

July 1, 2021

• Sleep Number Leads With 80 Patents; Still Has Space To Innovate

June 24, 2021

• Is Philips Still Interested in Improving Sleep? Patents Say Yes.

June 17, 2021

• Oura Leads Smart Ring Market. Fitbit Wants In.

June 10, 2021

• Release Your Inner Snorlax with Nintendo's New Patent

June 3, 2021

• Fitbit Enters the Snoring Market. Sorry Apple.

May 27, 2021

• Kryo Expands Patent Portfolio

May 20, 2021

• Samsung and Google Partner on Wearables, keep eye on Apple

May 14, 2021

• Purple Innovation is Boosting R&D. We Have Suggestions

May 6, 2021

• Forget Smart Watches – Oura Has A Smart Ring AND $100M

May 5, 2021

• Oura Raises $100M, Expands Patent Filings

April 29, 2021

• StimScience Raises Seed Funding, Sows Patents Early

April 22, 2021

• Casper Finally Relying on IP After Disappointing IPO

April 15, 2021

• SoftBank Invests in Eight Sleep. Its 28 Patents Sweetened the Deal.

April 8, 2021

• Philips and Beter Partner Up. Who's Really Bringing the Tech?

April 1, 2021

• Will Apple Finally Innovate in Sleep?

March 25, 2021

• How Can Mattress Firm Afford All Its Stores? Saving Money on Patents?

March 18, 2021

• Patent Forecast® Predicted Google's Foray into Sleep Monitoring

March 4, 2021

• New Patent Suggests Microsoft Only Hit Snooze on Sleep Detection

February 25, 2021

• What's Panasonic Planning?

February 18, 2021

• Sleep Number Eyeing Temperature Control

February 4, 2021

• Who Will Bridge the Gap between VR and Sleep?

January 28, 2021

• Bose Moving Quietly in Consumer Sleep

January 21, 2021

• Future Looks Bryte with Patents

January 14, 2021

• Speculation about Google's Newest Device - What do the Patents Say?

January 7, 2021

• Babylon Partners Ventures into Sleep - What's Next?

December 17, 2020

• Kryo Merges With Ebb, New Picture Emerges in Consumer Sleep

December 10, 2020

• Fitbit Slows on Sensor Development. Can Samsung Catch Up?

December 3, 2020

• Samsung's Patents May Take a Bite Out of Apple

November 19, 2020

• Is Google Fit Still Relevant?

November 12, 2020

• No Nightmares on Apple Street

November 5, 2020

• Ginger Looks to Assess Sleep

October 29, 2020

• A Whopping $100M More for Whoop

October 22, 2020

• Urgo Urges Your Brain to Sleep

October 15, 2020

• Kokoon Raises $300k in 24 Hours on Kickstarter

October 8, 2020

• Bose Recommits to Sleepbud Technology

October 1, 2020

• Safe Sleeping in Capsule Pods

September 24, 2020

• BrainLit Sheds a Light on New Product

September 17, 2020

• Oura Health Scores Numerous Pro Sports Partnerships

September 10, 2020

• Casper Seeking Profits With Minimal Patent Investments

September 3, 2020

• Intel Still Eyeing Sleep Tech

August 27, 2020

• Amazon Launches Wearable Device

August 20, 2020

• Keep Cool with ChiliPad

August 13, 2020

• Samsung's Watching the Competition

August 6, 2020

• Apple and UCLA Launch New Study with Beddit Product

July 30, 2020

• Who Do You Want to Wake You Up?

July 23, 2020

• Sula Health Launches Indiegogo Product Without U.S. Patent Publications

July 16, 2020

• Garmin Acquires Longtime Partner Firstbeat

July 9, 2020

• SleepCogni Continues Moving Towards Commercialization

July 2, 2020

• Dreem Taking a More Active Role in Improving Sleep

June 25, 2020

• SleepScore Labs Backs Ebb Therapeutics

June 18, 2020

• Could Apple's Patents Portend Their Next Moves in Sleep Tech?

June 11, 2020

• Will Aladdin Dreamer Awake Soon?

May 28, 2020

• Patents Predict Sleep Products in Thync's Future

May 21, 2020

• Perfect the Timing of Your Morning Coffee
• Eight Sleep Elevates Your Evening Experience

May 14, 2020

• Tissot Eyes Smarter Luxury Watches

May 7, 2020

• Would You Let Google Watch You Sleep?
• Pavlovian Conditioning for Better Sleep

April 30, 2020

• Withings Rolls Out Sleep Tracking Mat

April 23, 2020

• Don't Sleep on Sleep Number
• MIT Works to Bring 'Inception' to Life

April 16, 2020

• Samsung to Sense your Snores
• Can a smartwatch monitor atrial fibrillation?

April 2, 2020

• Oura partners with UCSF to detect COVID-19 early

March 26, 2020

• How to: Induce sleep

March 19, 2020

• Payday for Oura

March 12, 2020

• Blood oxygen headed to Apple's wearables

March 5, 2020

• Cambridge Sound Sells IP

February 27, 2020

• Nokia is making an eye movement sensor

February 20, 2020

• What will you pay for a good night's sleep?

February 13, 2020

• Sleep with the sun on your face

February 6, 2020

• Is Casper a technology company?

January 30, 2020

• Arenar inducing sleep with audio and visual cues

January 23, 2020

• Ebb Therapeutics is making headbands cool again

January 16, 2020

• Spotify Wants to Get in Bed with You

January 9, 2020

• Get Scanned in Your Sleep With Withings

January 2, 2020

• Muse Expands Alexa Offerings

December 19, 2019

• Wilmington-based Marpac to Become Yogasleep

December 12, 2019

• Nintendo Continues Sleep Investment

December 5, 2019

• Casper developing a temperature-regulating mattress

November 21, 2019

• Zeez obtains first patent for Sleep Pebble

November 12, 2019

• Whoop, there it (the money) is!

November 7, 2019

• Magic Number predicts Fitbit acquisition using patent data
• Eight Sleep raises $40 million in funding

October 29, 2019

• Google's parent company Alphabet in talks to buy Fitbit

October 24, 2019

• Sleep Number refreshing smart bed lineup in 2020

October 15, 2019

• Adiva launches crowdfunding campaign to rock you to sleep

October 10, 2019

• Bose discontinues noise-masking sleepbuds

October 2, 2019

• Kokoon receives investment from Blackfinch Ventures

September 25, 2019

• Philips announces expanded SmartSleep solutions

September 19, 2019

• Samsung still interested in your health

September 11, 2019

• Kare Beams into Sleep
• Samsung turns up the heat in consumer sleep IP

September 4, 2019

• Apple Watch Sleep Tracking

August 29, 2019

• Fitbit announces the Versa 2 and continues pivot to health care

August 23, 2019

• InteraXon pivots to focus on sleep

August 15, 2019

• Orbityl's earbuds monitor brain activity

August 8, 2019

• What is Panasonic Planning?

August 1, 2019

• ICON Health & Fitness Moving from Exercise into Sleep

July 26, 2019

• Established Sleep App Files First Patent Application

July 18, 2019

• Wistron could be entering sleep sector

July 11, 2019

• Ideal Industries Lights Up

July 3, 2019

• Sony merges sleep and display technology

June 27, 2019

• Apple is recruiting participants for a new beta program to improve Beddit's app

June 20, 2019

• Can Philips improve sleep in deep space?

June 13, 2019

• Keep an eye on Johnson & Johnson's smart contact lenses

June 6, 2019

• Soraa's eliminating blue light in your bedroom

May 30, 2019

• Gotta catch 'em ZZZs

May 23, 2019

• Sleep Number is not just for sleeping anymore

May 16, 2019

• Bryte launches first retail store in Seattle

May 9, 2019

• Is XSENSOR feeling the pressure to expand into the Consumer Sleep Technology sector?

May 1, 2019

• Did Microsoft really put wearables to sleep?

April 25, 2019

• Data processing is supporting development of consumer products

April 17, 2019

• Casper attempts to enter sleep lighting arena

April 10, 2019

• Sleepnea not just for sleep apnea

April 4, 2019

• How does Philips want to take over your bedroom?

March 26, 2019

• CurAegis Updating Mobile Application to Integrate with Apple and Polar

March 20, 2019

• Chrona's Long-Delayed Kickstarter Pillow Patented

March 13, 2019

• Samsung forms strategic partnership with Calm
• Philips' patent portfolio props up its product line

March 5, 2019

• Should Apple be eyeing Fitbit?

February 28, 2019

Key Takeaways

• EBB is controlling the temperature of a user's forehead while asleep.
• Sleep Number is monitoring sleep with a fluid-filled bladder.
• Fitbit is developing sleep analysis technology for its wearables.
• Apple plans to incorporate sleep technology into the Apple Watch.
• MIT Researchers are using AI to monitor sleep.

Log In and Read More

• MIT Researchers use AI to monitor sleep.
• Apple plans to incorporate sleep technology into the Apple Watch
• Sleep Number is monitoring sleep with a fluid-filled bladder.
• Shenzhen Medica Technology Development is monitoring and evaluating sleep.
• EBB Therapeutics is controlling the temperature of a user's forehead while asleep.
• Google is developing non-invasive vital monitoring.

February 20, 2019

Key Takeaways

• DP Technologies is monitoring the efficacy of sleep aids.
• Microsoft is developing a new UI for visualizing sleep data.
• BOE Technology Group is tracking sleep via a light-intensity monitor.
• A prototype bed from Ford keeps partners on their side of the bed.
• Modeling AI on human sleep leads to significant processing benefits.
• Outside Magazine puts sleep tech to the test.

Log In and Read More

• Outside Magazine puts sleep tech to the test.
• BOE Technology Group is tracking sleep via a light-intensity monitor.
• Microsoft is developing a new UI for visualizing sleep data.
• DP Technologies is monitoring the efficacy of sleep aids.
• Modeling AI on human sleep leads to significant processing benefits.
• Prototype bed from Ford keeps partners on their side of the bed.

February 13, 2019

Key Takeaways

• Fitbit is detecting and classifying sleep based on data from wearables.
• Independent inventors continue to lead in new sleep technology.
• Fujitsu is developing new visualizations for sleep tracking.
• Eight Sleep releases its thermoregulation mattress.
• Bryte Labs announces an AI-driven bed.

Log In and Read More

• Bryte Labs announces an AI-driven bed.
• Eight Sleep releases its thermoregulation mattress.
• Independent inventors continue to lead in new sleep technology.
• Fujitsu is developing new visualizations for sleep tracking.
• Fitbit releases new, corporate-focused wearables

February 6, 2019

Key Takeaways

• Bose is targeting respiration control to encourage users to sleep.
• Independent inventors make up a large percentage of the Consumer Sleep Technology sector.
• Researchers discover humans have some capacity for learning while asleep.
• Calm closes on its $88 million fundraising round.

Log In and Read More

• Researchers discover humans can learn while asleep.
• Calm closes on $88 million fund raising round.
• Bose is targeting respiration control to encourage users to sleep.
• Independent inventors make up large percentage of Consumer Sleep Technology.

January 30, 2019

Key Takeaways

• Bose is using earbuds to draw users to sleep.
• E3 Corporation is monitoring basal body temperature via consumer devices.
• Dewertokin is integrating sleep sensors into furniture.
• Researchers at NIU are cancelling out partner snoring noises.
• The National Sleep Foundation is preparing for its first-ever Sleep Show in Houston.

Log In and Read More

• National Sleep Foundation prepares for first-ever Sleep Show in Houston.
• Researchers at NIU are canceling out partner snoring noises.
• Bose uses earbuds to draw users to sleep.
• Dewertokin integrates sleep sensors into furniture.
• E3 Corporation monitors basal body temperature via consumer devices.

January 22, 2019

Key Takeaways

• Philips is identifying slow wave sleep and providing sensory stimulation to enhance slow wave brain activity.
• Johnson & Johnson is detecting drowsiness or sleep onset using a sensor embedded in a contact lens.
• InCube Labs is detecting a user’s dream state using neurological sensors and delivering audio input during the dream state.
• Men’s Health releases a list of the best sleep gear from CES 2019.
• Google is acquiring smartwatch technology from Fossil in a $40 million deal.
• Alphabet gets limited clearance from the FDA for an ECG wearable.

Log In and Read More

• Alphabet gets limited clearance from the FDA for an ECG wearable.
• Google is acquiring smartwatch technology for $40 million from Fossil.
• Men’s Health releases a list of the best sleep gear from CES 2019.
• InCube Labs is detecting a user’s dream state using neurological sensors and delivering audio input during the dream state.
• Johnson & Johnson is determining drowsiness or sleep onset using a sensor embedded in a contact lens.
• Philips is determining slow wave sleep and providing sensory stimulation to enhance slow wave brain activity.

January 15, 2019

Key Takeaways

• Sleepnea is providing cooling relief for hot flashes.
• The company behind SleepCogni is awarded a patent for inducing sleep by providing auditory and visual stimulation.
• Global Kinetics is monitoring an individual's sleep state while detecting Parkinson's disease.
• WUSTL researchers find a link between Alzheimer's and poor sleep.

Log In and Read More

• The New York Times highlights sleep tech in travel.
• WUSTL researchers find a link between Alzheimer's and poor sleep.
• SleepNea is providing cooling relief for hot flashes.
• Company behind SleepCogni awarded patent for inducing sleep.
• Global Kinetics is monitoring an individual's sleep state while detecting Parkinson's disease.
• DewertOkinis is integrating sensors into reclining furniture.

January 9, 2019

Key Takeaways

• Google is using a digital camera and computer vision to determine a sleep state of a user.
• Seiko Epson is determining a sleep state of a user based on pulse wave information from a pulse wave sensor.
• LG Innotek is using a cardiac impulse sensor to determine a sleep state of a user.
• Under Armour is providing a dynamic display of health parameters with associated goals.
• Withings and Garmin offer competition to the Apple Watch at CES 2019.
• Philips debuts three new SmartSleep technologies at CES 2019.
• PulseWear launches DreamOn at CES 2019.
• Responsive Surface Technology, a smart bed company, closed $3.2 million in funding.

Log In and Read More

• Under Armour is providing a dynamic display of health parameters with associated goals.
• LG Innotek is using a cardiac impulse sensor to determine a sleep state of a user.
• Seiko Epson is determining a sleep state of a user based on pulse wave information from a pulse wave sensor.
• Google is using a digital camera and computer vision to determine a sleep state of a user.
• Responsive Surface Technology closed $3.2 million in funding.
• Philips debuts three new SmartSleep technologies at CES 2019.
• PulseWear launches DreamOn at CES 2019.
• Withings and Garmin offer competition to the Apple Watch at CES 2019.

December 18, 2018

Key Takeaways

• Eight Sleep is adjusting a bed frame based on biological signals.
• DP Technologies is pairing a body-worn device with a host device to monitor and provide feedback to a user.
• Samsung is controlling a home device using biometric information.
• Dreem is producing sounds based on a physiological control signal to assist a user’s sleep.
• Garmin has partnered with ActiGraph to use Garmin’s wearables and ActiGraph’s CentrePoint data analytics platform. 
• Fitbit launched a Sleep Score Beta version in November that works via a website dashboard. 

Log In and Read More

• Jason McKeown predicts that neurostimulation will go mainstream in 2019.
• Fitbit launched a Sleep Score Beta version in November that works via a website dashboard.
• Garmin has partnered with ActiGraph to use Garmin’s wearables and ActiGraph’s CentrePoint data analytics platform.
• University College Dublin, National University of Ireland is monitoring sleep using an ECG and PPG.
• Fuji is using a wearable device to determine a sleep period of a user.
• Keeson is developing an electric bed with a wake-up device and an intelligent bed with an integrated smart lighting system.
• Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in Korea and Seoul National University Hospital are determining sleep states based on biometric and motion information.
• Dreem is producing sounds based on a physiological control signal to assist a user’s sleep.
• Samsung is controlling a home device using biometric information.
• DP Technologies is pairing a body-worn device with a host device to monitor and provide feedback to a user.
• Eight Sleep is adjusting a bed frame based on biological signals.

December 16, 2018

Key Takeaways

• IBM is using machine learning to generate sounds to help users fall asleep.
• Origin Wireless is detecting motion of a user based on wireless channel information.
• Apple launches the Beddit 3.5 Sleep Monitor.
• Apple launches the ECG feature for Apple Watch.
• dayzz launches a sleep tracking app.
• Genes determine physical activity and sleep duration according to researchers from the University of Oxford.

December 11, 2018

• Genes determine physical activity and sleep duration according to researchers from the University of Oxford.
• dayzz launches a sleep tracking app.
• Apple launches the ECG feature for Apple Watch.
• Apple launches the Beddit 3.5 Sleep Monitor.
• Origin Wireless is detecting motion of a user based on wireless channel information.
• IBM is using machine learning to generate sounds to help users fall asleep.

December 10, 2018

• Researchers at the Salk Institute determined how artificial light disrupts sleep.
• Oura surpasses $20 million in a funding round.
• Augusta University Research Institute and Banna Biomedical Research Institute are detecting heart rate and respiration rate using a night vision camera.
• ResMed is detecting body movement, respiration, and heart rate using radio frequency pulses.
• Keeson Technology is providing smart beds that monitor users and transmit data to a server.