US Patent Issued to Northern Digital on April 15 for "Electromagnetic position measurement system with sensor parasitic loop compensation" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,515, issued on April 15, was assigned to Northern Digital Inc. (Waterloo, Canada).

"Electromagnetic position measurement system with sensor parasitic loop compensation" was invented by Westley S. Ashe (Hinesburg, Vt.) and Georg Brunner (Constance, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic tracking device includes a sensor configured to generate a sensor electromotive force (EMF). The device includes a mechanism configured to select between a first operating mode in which the sensor generates the sensor EMF when receiving the magnetic field and a second operating mode in which the sensor generates a reduced amount of the sensor...