US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on March 24 for "Method and system for multifield, multifunctional sensing" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,772, issued on March 24, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Method and system for multifield, multifunctional sensing" was invented by Qian Wang (Evanston, Ill.) and Xin Zhang (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing system includes a sensor mounted on a surface that is subjected to a load. The sensor is configured to detect a first field value related to the surface. A memory is configured to store information regarding the surface. A processor is coupled to the memory and in communication with the sensor. The processor is configured to determine a second field value based on the detected fir...