ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,186, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for measuring RPM of fan by using IR-UWB radar" was invented by Sung Ho Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Hyeon Yim (Seoul, South Korea) and Seong Kwon Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method are provided for non-contact measurement of fan RPM using an IR-UWB radar. A reflected radar signal is processed to obtain variance values for each position, from which a first position closest to the radar and a second position furthest from the radar a...