ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,484, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY (Tianjin, China) and Zhejiang Hengxi Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd (Taizhou, China).

"Temperature-controlled mattress control system and method based on sleep posture detection" was invented by Bin Yang (Tianjin, China), Pengfei Yang (Tianjin, China), Pengju Liu (Tianjin, China), Huangcheng Yao (Tianjin, China), Bingan Pan (Tianjin, China), Dacheng Jin (Tianjin, China) and Angui Li (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Temperature-controlled mattress control system and method based on sleep posture detection are provided. The control system includes an...