ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,008, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HEALTH SENSING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Activity state prediction system, activity state prediction method, and program" was invented by Masatomo Kanegae (Hachioji, Japan) and Kyuichi Niizeki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention delivers an activity state prediction system predicts leaving-bed/awake/sleeping state in a real-time and accurate manner. An activity state prediction model is established using information on leaving-bed/awake/sleeping state based on sleep polysomnography data as teaching data and body movement signal, respiratory rate, heart rate, and phase...