US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei Microdevices on March 24 for "Position detection and control of a movable body including an optical element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,743, issued on March 24, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).

"Position detection and control of a movable body including an optical element" was invented by Keita Okada (Tokyo) and Yuki Kitamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an IC chip comprising: a plurality of magnetic sensors which detect magnetic fields according to positions of the movable body in the first direction and the second direction; a first position information setting unit which calculates a first relative position of the movable body with respect to a first drive range in the first direction in accordance with the magnetic fie...