ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,036, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ACER Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Detection device and detection method with calibration function" was invented by Kun-Sheng Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chien-Ju Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device with a calibration function is configured to detect an object. The detection device includes an antenna element, a transmission line, a detection circuit, and a processor. The transmission line is coupled to the antenna element. The detection circuit is coupled to the transmission line. The detection circuit performs a detection process, so as to obtain an est...