ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,675, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PIONEER Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor device" was invented by Yohei Nagahori (Kawagoe, Japan) and Ryoya Sato (Kawagoe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer surface of a casing (100) is provided with a first shape portion (152) and a second shape portion (154). The first shape portion (152) and the second shape portion (154) are engageable with other shape portions located outside the casing (100). The first shape portion (152) and the second shape portion (154) are aligned on the same straight line as a virtual straight line passing through the center of a field of view when viewed from a dir...