US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on June 2 for "Neck movement measuring device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,450, issued on June 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Neck movement measuring device" was invented by Tomoki Ouchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Toru Yabe (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Koji Tanaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neck movement measuring device is provided that includes displacement sensors and a controller. The displacement sensors are formed as sheets attachable to the neck skin of a subject and measure the deformation amount. The controller receives measured values of the displacement sensors and sets a reference value based on measured values of the displacement sensor. In a...