ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,738, issued on March 4, was assigned to EBARA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Detection signal processing apparatus and detection signal processing method for eddy current sensor" was invented by Hiroto Yamada (Tokyo), Taro Takahashi (Tokyo) and Hiroaki Shibue (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a detection signal processing circuit and a detection signal processing method for an eddy current sensor that are less easily influenced by a change in ambient environment than conventional technologies. A detection signal processing apparatus includes a converter configured to convert a first analog signal output by a detection coil int...