ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,903, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Seat control device, state estimation device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium" was invented by Takuya Kume (Kariya-city, Japan) and Kazuki Izumi (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat control device is for a subject vehicle equipped with a driver monitor. The driver monitor is configured to monitor a driver's state. The seat control device is configured to control a state of a driver's seat on which a driver is to be seated. The seat control device includes a control grasping unit and a reclining control unit. The control grasping ...