ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,336, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Pulse measurement device, biological information estimation device, pulse measurement method, and recording medium" was invented by Kazuki Ihara (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Endoh (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulse measurement device including a plurality of light emitters which are disposed on a measurement surface of a substrate to be attached to the skin of a subject to be subjected to pulse measurement and emit light toward the skin of the subject, a light receiver which is disposed on the measurement surface of the substrate and comprises a plurality of light recepti...