US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA on Feb. 10 for "Vehicle heart rate detection device, resonators, and methods of detecting a heart rate" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,964, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Vehicle heart rate detection device, resonators, and methods of detecting a heart rate" was invented by Paul D. Schmalenberg (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resonator for a vehicle heart rate detection device is disclosed. The resonator includes a chamber having a front wall and a sidewall extending circumferentially around the front wall, and the sidewall defines a rear opening opposite the front wall. A lid is secured over the rear openi...