US Patent Issued to Sensortek Technology on Sept. 23 for "Proximity sensor and proximity sensing method" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,954, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sensortek Technology Corp. (Zhubei, Taiwan).

"Proximity sensor and proximity sensing method" was invented by Chih-Yu Lin (Zhubei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proximity sensor and a proximity sensing method are disclosed. The proximity sensor includes a sensing element and a sensing circuit. The sensing circuit is coupled to the sensing element and transmits a first driving signal and a second signal to the sensing element, respectively. The sensing element receives the first driving signal and the second driving signal, respectively, and generates a first sensing signal and a seco...