US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on Aug. 5 for "Seating position management system and seating position management method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,725, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Seating position management system and seating position management method" was invented by Sonoko Hirasawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takeshi Fujimatsu (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system that enables inexpensive and accurate identification of the seating position of each user in a free address office without incurring additional equipment costs. The system identifies a user who has entered an office by performing a face verification operation which involves comparing a face image of an entering perso...