ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,157, issued on April 14, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"System and method for facilitating detecting an external object" was invented by Stefan Tertinek (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a system is provided for facilitating detecting an external object, the system comprising: at least one first communication unit configured to transmit and receive one or more first signals; at least one second communication unit configured to transmit and receive one or more second signals; a controller configured to control the first communication unit an...