ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,317, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Riding vehicle and riding vehicle motion analysis method" was invented by Yen-Nien Lu (Tainan, Taiwan), Jyun-Siang Hsu (Nantou County, Taiwan) and Kang Heng Mah (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riding vehicle, used for a user to ride and detecting a riding posture of the user and a road surface condition, is provided. The riding vehicle includes a seat, multiple pressure sensors, a signal conversion module, an identifying control module, and at least one driver. The seat is configured for the user to ride. The ...