ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,970, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO INC. (Tokyo).

"Measurement system, diagnostic system, and detection switch" was invented by Takuro Ishikawa (Sayama, Japan), Hiroyuki Mitsuya (Sayama, Japan), Hisayuki Ashizawa (Sayama, Japan) and Tatsuya Tanaka (Sayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement system includes: a vibration-driven energy harvesting unit that generates electric power from sound, vibration, or displacement; a power supply controller that controls an amount of power consumption of a power supply based on the electric power generated by the vibration-driven energy harvesting unit; a d...