ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,792, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Estimating device, estimating method, and estimating program" was invented by Hajime Kitano (Tokyo) and Yasumichi Wakao (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An estimating device including: a detecting section detecting electrical characteristics at a flexible material that is electrically conductive and has electrical characteristics that vary in accordance with a magnitude of an applied stimulus and that is at an assisting member that has the flexible material and is provided at a transporting section that transports a transported object; and an estimating section ...