ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,832, issued on March 31, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Torrance, Calif.).
"Seat state sensing device, computer-readable recording medium recording a program, and seat state sensing method" was invented by Hiroyuki Kano (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat state sensing device includes a first vibration detector that is installed in a seat of a vehicle, detects vibration, and outputs a first vibration signal, a second vibration detector that is installed in a vehicle body near the seat, detects vibration, and outputs a second vibration signal, a first calculation unit that calc...