ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,676, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DSP Group Ltd. (Herzliya, Israel).
"Proximity sensing" was invented by Dmitri Lvov (Ramat Hasharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There may be provided a method for proximity sensing by a computerized device, the method may include transmitting, by at least one transmitter of a computerized device and during at least one transmission window, one or more transmitted signals, the one or more transmitted signals comprise a transmitted ultrasonic signal; operating at least one receiver of the computerized device to receive, during at least one reception window, one or more received signals ...