US Patent Issued to DENSO on July 21 for "Position determination system and position determination method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,605, issued on July 21, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Position determination system and position determination method" was invented by Kenichiro Sanji (Kariya-city, Japan), Yohei Nakakura (Kariya-city, Japan), Takashi Saiki (Kariya-city, Japan) and Yasuhiro Tanaka (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position determination system includes a microcomputer configured to: control operations of multiple outdoor units and an indoor unit; determine whether a portable device is present inside a vehicle interior or in an outdoor operation area; acquire a reception strength of a signal from the portable device ...