US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on Dec. 16 for "Operation switch and device linkage system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,790, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Operation switch and device linkage system" was invented by Yuka Yamamoto (Osaka, Japan) and Ryo Kawamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation switch for operating a device includes: a switch button to be pressed by a user; and a controller that causes a notifier to give a notification that prompts pressing of the switch button at a preset time, and operates the device in response to pressing of the switch button after the notifier gives the notification."

The patent was filed on April 7, 2021, under A...