ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,157, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Filling rate measurement method, information processing device, and recording medium" was invented by Ukyou Katsura (Osaka, Japan), Toru Matsunobu (Osaka, Japan), Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, Japan), Tomokazu Ichiriki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masanori Kimura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filling rate measurement method includes: obtaining a space three-dimensional model generated by measuring a first storage having an opening and a first storage space in which a measurement target is to be stored, the measuring being ...