ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,363, issued on March 25, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).
"Automatic flooring type detector" was invented by Eric David Schroeder (San Antonio), Donnette Moncrief Brown (San Antonio), Manfred Amann (San Antonio), Bobby Lawrence Mohs (San Antonio), Robert Wiseman Simpson (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas), Meredith Beveridge Lecocke (San Antonio) and Margaret Emily Gray (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic apparatus and method of determining the composition of a floor, based on the filtered sound waves produced by vibrating the floor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transduce...