ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,174, issued on March 25, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Defrosting control system, defrosting control method, and recording medium" was invented by Tomohiro Yonezu (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defrosting control system includes an obtainer, a setting unit, and an outputter. The obtainer obtains schedule information indicating whether power saving is scheduled for a temporary power saving request. The setting unit sets a defrosting schedule including an execution time period and an execution interval of defrosting control for refrigeration equipment, based on the...