ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,414, issued on July 22, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sleep position determination device using contactless sensor, sleep position determination method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program for determining sleep position" was invented by Kenichi Inoue (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleep position determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with a receiver that receives a measurement result obtained by measuring a subject using a contactless sensor, an extraction circuit that extracts a resp...