ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,363, issued on July 15, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Fast LISSAJOUS lock control and synchronization of scanning axes of microelectromechanical systems" was invented by Norbert Druml (Graz, Austria) and Alberto Garcia Izquierdo (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of synchronizing a first oscillation about a first axis with a second oscillation about a second axis includes: generating a first position signal that indicates a position of the first oscillation about the first axis; generating a second position signal that indicates a position of the second oscillation about the first...