ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,888, issued on March 11, was assigned to Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. (Tokyo).
"Space temperature scanner and method for displaying space temperature" was invented by Takeshi Yajima (Tokyo), Akira Hanafusa (Tokyo), Isao Nakayama (Tokyo) and Katsuhiko Tanaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A space temperature scanner capable of measuring a temperature distribution in a space without requiring troublesome device installation work or complex data processing is disclosed. The space temperature scanner (scanner 100) of the present invention includes a bar-shaped portable support member 110, attachment units 120 arranged a...