ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,559, issued on April 8.
"Smart air panel for smart thermostats" was invented by Shahriar Malekjamshidi (Shiraz, Iran), Ehsan Fattahi (Isfahan, Iran), Ali Hoseinzadeh (Isfahan, Iran), Eiman Aghababaei (Isfahan, Iran), Mojtaba Falahatinezhad (Maple, Canada) and Nasser Ashgriz (Thornhill, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System to control a temperature of a zone in an HVAC controlled space is provide. This system provides a comfort temperature at the location of the user without heating or cooling of the whole space. Therefore, this system can save significant energy by not condition the unwanted zones in a space. The system compri...