ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,850, issued on June 3, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for controlling massage chair" was invented by Won Ho Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Beom Oh Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ji Chan Maeng (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jong Hoon Chae (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for controlling a massage chair have been disclosed. The method for controlling a massage chair comprises extracting multimedia information, detecting an action item, and controlling an action item. According to the present disclosure, the timing of the m...