ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,905, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Object detection device" was invented by Mitsuyasu Matsuura (Nisshin, Japan), Yu Koyama (Nisshin, Japan) and Taketo Harada (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object detection device includes a signal generation unit, a drive unit, an object determination unit, and a drive control unit. The signal generation unit generates at least one pulse signal that includes an identification code for identifying the ultrasonic wave. The drive unit drives the wave transceiver unit using a current or a voltage according to the at least one pulse signal. The object d...