US Patent Issued to Alps Alpine on July 21 for "Notification apparatus, control program for notification apparatus, and seat system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,843, issued on July 21, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Notification apparatus, control program for notification apparatus, and seat system" was invented by Shinichi Sagawai (Miyagi, Japan) and Kunio Sato (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A notification apparatus is attached to an object and alerts a user who uses the object by presenting a tactile sensation due to vibration. The notification apparatus includes a signal output unit configured to output a drive signal having a signal pattern with a drive frequency corresponding to an event type, an actuator configured to be driven by the drive signal, a soun...