ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,524, issued on May 12, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Air treatment apparatus" was invented by Hiroaki Jinno (Osaka, Japan), Takafumi Ito (Osaka, Japan) and Mitsuya Uchida (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air treatment apparatus for conditioning air or providing ventilation of air includes: a casing of an apparatus main body; a first sensor disposed outside the casing and configured to output a signal in conformity with a first communication standard; a conversion unit configured to convert the signal output from the first sensor into a signal conforming to a second communication standard higher...