ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,949, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Angle sensor apparatus and method" was invented by Edwin Mario Motz (Wernberg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one example implementation, an angle sensor apparatus is provided, including: a sensor arrangement that is configured to respond to a rotational movement of a rotatable object by providing at least two phase-shifted measurement signals, an angle determination device that is configured to take the at least two phase-shifted measurement signals as a basis for determining an angular position, and a difference calculation de...