ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,232, issued on July 15, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Multifunctional radar systems and methods of operation thereof" was invented by Ashutosh Baheti (Munich), Reinhard-Wolfgang Jungmaier (Alkoven, Austria), Saverio Trotta (Munich) and Avik Santra (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An earphone device includes a housing comprising a top region and a bottom region, an acoustic transducer disposed in the bottom region of the housing, and a radar system disposed in the top region of the housing. The radar system includes a first side and an opposite second side. The radar system is configured to dete...