ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,911, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for assessing the state of a sensor as well as sensor system and method for operating the sensor system" was invented by Joachim Kreutzer (Stuttgart, Germany), David Slogsnat (Tuebingen, Germany), Gabriele Cazzaniga (Rosate MI, Italy), Massimiliano Musazzi (Como/Lombardia, Italy) and Timon Brueckner (Sonnenbuehl, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assessing the state of a sensor. The sensor comprises a deflectable micromechanical sensor structure for detecting a physical input variable and converting the physical input variable in...