ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,873, issued on Feb. 3.

"Device and system for capturing and processing pedestrian data" was invented by Joserli Perez Kapazi (Curitiba, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for capturing and processing information from passers-by walking over a device equipped with stratified mechanical compression sensing, such as a mat or doormat, which is made up of a metal structure supporting a set of bars made of conductive polymer superimposed on the metal structure; such system is capable of managing a plurality of devices together."

The patent was filed on Dec. 6, 2021, under Application No. 18/548,503.

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