ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,982, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sharp NEC Display Solutions Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Data processing device, data processing method, and program" was invented by Takayuki Hata (Tokyo) and Eisaku Ishii (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing device is a device that detects an abnormality in a facility disposed in a room or a sign thereof and includes an acquisition unit and a processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires processing target data. The processing target data is generated by recording an audio or a video inside the room. The processing unit processes a part of the processing target data (hereinafter, refer...