ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,905, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Simulation apparatus, recording medium, and simulation method" was invented by Shintaro Iwamura (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the present invention, the behavior of devices and the accessory devices of the devices is simulated. This apparatus comprises a first behavior calculation unit that calculates the behavior of a first object in a virtual space corresponding to a first device to which an accessory device is attached and a second behavior calculation unit that calculates the behavior of a second object in a virtual space corresponding to a sec...