US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on April 8 for "Physique estimation device, physique estimation method, seatbelt reminder system, and airbag control system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,483, issued on April 8, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Physique estimation device, physique estimation method, seatbelt reminder system, and airbag control system" was invented by Takayuki Kitamura (Tokyo) and Kei Suwa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a physique estimation device that can estimate a physique. The physique estimation device includes: a sensor having a transmission antenna to transmit a transmission wave, and a reception antenna to receive the transmission wave reflected by at least one target in a vehicle cabin as a received wave; a frequency analysis unit to acquire position inf...