ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,786, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Distance estimation" was invented by Anton Korus (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and computer program are disclosed and can include applying a pulse edge to a resonant circuit including an inductive element (for inductively heating a susceptor) and a capacitor, wherein the applied pulse edge induces a pulse response between the capacitor and the inductive element of the resonant circuit, wherein the pulse response has a resonant frequency; determining a period or frequency of the resonant frequency of the pulse respon...