ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,555, issued on May 12, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).

"Systems for determining user breath movements and synchronizing output based on breath movements" was invented by Ilia Vitsnudel (Even Yehuda, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "While a user performs an activity, a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor or other type of sensor is secured to the user's torso. Movement of the user's torso due to breathing changes the distance between the torso and the sensor, affecting an amplitude of a signal determined by the sensor. The amplitude is used to determine the position and rate of movement of the user's torso, which m...