ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,739, issued on March 11, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Simulation device non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and simulation method for comprehensively simulating behavior of system in which some kind of external force is applied to workpiece" was invented by Shintaro Iwamura (Otsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a configuration which enables behaviors to be comprehensively simulated even for a system where a certain external force is applied to a workpiece. This simulation device includes: a first simulator that calculates behaviors of one or more workpieces disposed in a virtual space...