ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,648, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Sensor device and related method and system" was invented by Matteo Quartiroli (Certosa di Pavia, Italy) and Paolo Rosingana (Savigliano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor includes detection circuitry and control circuitry coupled to the detection circuitry. The detection circuitry generates a detection signal indicative of a detected physical quantity. The control circuitry, in operation receives the detection signal and a frequency-indication signal, and generates a trigger signal based on the frequency-indication signal and a se...