ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,537, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to RichWave Technology Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Microwave sensor" was invented by Ting-Yuan Cheng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a microwave sensor including a local frequency circuit, an echo path circuit and a processing circuit. In a power saving mode, the processing circuit disables the local frequency circuit, wherein the echo path circuit transmits a first radar signal to an antenna and receives a first echo signal from the antenna. In response to the processing circuit determining that an object has been detected, the microwave sensor enters a normal mo...