ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,374, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SENSORTEC Co. LTD. (Bucheon-si, South Korea).
"Distance measurement system" was invented by Hong Kuk Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea), Kyu Ho Chin (Seoul, South Korea) and Han Seok Choi (Gimpo-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a distance measurement system comprising: a sensor unit for generating and transmitting a signal and receiving a reflected signal reflected back from an object; a buffer for temporarily storing data; and a control unit which calculates the distance to the object by measuring the time from when the signal is transmitted from the se...