ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,329, issued on May 20, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Radio wave sensor and occupant detection device" was invented by Yasunori Hoshihara (Tokyo) and Takumi Takei (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio wave sensor includes: a transmission antenna that emits a radio wave toward a presence allowable area which is an area in which an occupant can be present in an area in a vehicle interior of a vehicle; and a reception antenna including a plurality of reception antenna elements that receives a reflection wave of the radio wave emitted from the transmission antenna. The positions where the plurality of recepti...