ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,188, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Control device for human-powered vehicle including operation detector" was invented by Toshinari Ooishi (Osaka, Japan) and Koujirou Morii (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device is provided for a human-powered vehicle that includes an operation detector that detects a first parameter correlated to a predetermined operation performed by a rider on the human-powered vehicle. The control device comprises an electronic controller and storage. The storage is configured to store the first parameter. The electronic controller is configured to store t...