US Patent Issued to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS on March 25 for "Object detection device, vehicle, method of setting wave receiving period in object detection device, and method of setting detection sensitivity in object detection device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,470, issued on March 25, was assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Object detection device, vehicle, method of setting wave receiving period in object detection device, and method of setting detection sensitivity in object detection device" was invented by Hiroki Yamashita (Kanagawa Ken, Japan) and Atsushi Seki (Kanagawa Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object detection device according to the present disclosure, installed in a vehicle, includes a plurality of ranging sensors and each including a transmitter configured to transmit ultrasonic waves and a receiver configured to receive refle...