ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,740, issued on April 21, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Torrance, Calif.).

"Estimation method, estimation system, and recording medium" was invented by Risako Tanigawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasunori Ishii (Osaka, Japan) and Kazuki Kozuka (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An estimation method includes obtaining first sound information regarding a reflected sound resulted from reflection of a transmission sound in an inaudible band inside a facility, and outputting image information indicating a living body presence area in which a living body is present, by inputting the first sound in...