ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,935, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).

"Estimation apparatus, apparatus, estimation method and computer readable storage medium" was invented by Hidekazu Tsukiji (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an estimation apparatus for estimating a position or an attitude of a second portion with respect to a first portion in an apparatus including the first portion, the second portion, a movable mechanism, a magnetic sensor, and a magnet section. The estimation apparatus includes an estimation unit which performs, based on a combination of measured values and reference information, an est...