US Patent Issued to Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition on Aug. 18 for "Systems and methods for capacitive sensing with secondary electrodes exposed to electric fields from a primary electrode" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,848, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for capacitive sensing with secondary electrodes exposed to electric fields from a primary electrode" was invented by Dwayne Van'tZelfde (Holly, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system includes a first electrode serving as a primary electrode with a controller electrically and physically coupled to the first electrode. Computer executable instructions execute software commands on the controller causing the controller to apply a voltage to the first electrode to generate an electric field around the fi...