ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,475, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Ultrasonic sensor control device, ultrasonic sensor, and ultrasonic sensor control method" was invented by Takashi Naiki (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an ultrasonic sensor control device including a transmission control section configured to control a transmitting device configured to transmit a transmission ultrasonic wave, a receiving section configured to receive a reception ultrasonic wave, a frequency determining section configured to determine a result of comparing a reception frequency that is a frequency of the reception ultrasoni...