US Patent Issued to Murata Machinery on Sept. 15 for "Prediction device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,591, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Prediction device" was invented by Shinichiro Imoto (Ise, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prediction device include: a storage unit storing a prediction model trained by machine-learning to receive the input data and output the output data, the input data being based on log information of a plurality of conveyance vehicles during a first period prior to a reference point in time, the output data indicating a prediction result of a degree of increase or decrease in the number of conveyance vehicles in a target area during a second period subsequent...