ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,004, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Konica Minolta Inc. (Tokyo).

"Control method, conference system, and non-transitory recording medium" was invented by Kohei Yamazaki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method of a conference system, comprises acquiring information on behavior of a participant in a conference; and evaluating, during the conference, psychological safety of the participant based on the acquired information. A conference system comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires information on behavior of a participant in a conference; and an evaluation unit that evaluates psychological safety of th...