ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,826, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Sensory control method, sensory control system, method for generating conversion model, conversion model generation system, method for converting relational expression, and program" was invented by Yukimitsu Yamada (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Takeshi Shirasaka (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Munemitsu Abe (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Hisato Shimomura (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Takashi Uenomachi (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Akihisa Itoh (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Toshio Kawano (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Naoki Ito (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Kenichiro Sameshima (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Hideo Kawase (Miyagi-ken, Japan) and Shota Takeuchi (Miyagi-ken, Japan).

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