ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,430, issued on April 29, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Sakai, Japan).

"Information processing device" was invented by Taihei Nishihara (Sakai, Japan), Takeshi Kuroiwa (Sakai, Japan), Kazuhiro Takeda (Sakai, Japan), Tsuyoshi Miyake (Sakai, Japan) and Takashi Komemushi (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device includes an input device and an artificial intelligence processor. First information related to a human-powered vehicle is input to the input device. The artificial intelligence processor is configured to generate second information related to at least one of deterioration, wear, and failure of ...