ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,465, issued on July 21, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Detection system, detection method, and computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Toshinari Oishi (Sakai City, Japan), Koujirou Morii (Sakai City, Japan) and Keiichi Higashihara (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection system comprises a load sensor and electronic controller circuitry. The load sensor is configured to obtain load information relating to a load applied, while a rider rides a human-powered vehicle, to a wheel of the human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to obtain, based on the load infor...