US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA TEC on May 19 for "Seating detection device and seating monitoring system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,965, issued on May 19, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Seating detection device and seating monitoring system" was invented by Sho Koike (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating detection device includes a sensor, a coupler, a power supply, a switch, and a controller. The sensor forms an electric field to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance. The coupler couples the sensor to a chair. The power supply supplies power for forming the electric field to the sensor. The switch controls transmission of power from the power supply to the sensor. After the switch is turned on, the controller sets a...