ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,124, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AUMOVIO Germany GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Method for offset compensation for sensor signals, offset compensation device and sensor device" was invented by Anselm Knobloch (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Frank Michel (Rosbach v.d. Hohe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An offset compensation device, a sensor device and a method for offset compensation for sensor signals are described. The offset compensation device comprises a shift register containing elements in a number, an averaging unit and a low-pass filter. The method involves storing sensor values in the shift register...