ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,144, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Sensor interface architecture with error detection and control" was invented by Tanmay T. Sapkal (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Oren Kerem (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Wayne Eric Burk (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a sensor interface (SIF) system with error detection and control. The system includes a sensor interface queue (SIFQ) coupled to a first sensor link and a second sensor link and including a first queue and a second queue. The system also includes a first data assembler coupled to the SIFQ and to a first signal process...