ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,594, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Time-of-flight sensing using continuous wave and coded modulation measurements" was invented by Hannes Plank (Graz, Austria) and Armin Josef Schoenlieb (Seiersberg-Pirka, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for time-of-flight sensing is provided. The method includes for at least one pixel position performing at least one continuous wave measurement to obtain at least one first measurement value for the pixel position. Further, the method includes performing at least one coded modulation measurement to obtain at least one second measu...