US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA TEC on Aug. 12 for "Control device, behavior guide system, and method for controlling same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,574, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Control device, behavior guide system, and method for controlling same" was invented by Keita Yamazaki (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan), Yuishi Takeno (Numazu Shizuoka, Japan) and Takuya Kamitani (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes a behavior recognition unit, a determination unit, a subsequent behavior annunciation unit, a correct behavior annunciation unit, and a warning unit. The behavior recognition unit recognizes a behavior executed by a shopper. The determination unit determines a subsequent behavior as the behavior for th...