ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,100, issued on March 31, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Notification system, notification method, control device, and recording medium" was invented by Masahiro Ishii (Hyogo, Japan), Hiromu Ikeuchi (Hyogo, Japan) and Sara Asai (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A notification system includes: an obtainer that obtains an audio content to be notified of and a result of sensing by a sensor that senses a space in which a notification device is located; a determiner that determines whether a first user ready to listen to the audio content notified of by the notification devi...