US Patent Issued to SUBARU on Dec. 9 for "Shoulder blade position estimation apparatus and seat" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,797, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Shoulder blade position estimation apparatus and seat" was invented by Naomichi Sawada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoulder blade position estimation apparatus for a vehicle is provided in a seat on which an occupant operating a steering wheel of the vehicle is seated, and configured to estimate positions of shoulder blades of the occupant. The shoulder blade position estimation apparatus includes a surface pressure sensor and a shoulder blade position estimation unit. The seat includes a seat surface member on which thighs and a waist of the occupant are placed...