ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,183, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for determining an air temperature with an ultrasonic sensor system, method for determining a distance with an ultrasonic sensor system and ultrasonic sensor system" was invented by Goetz Kuehnle (Ludwigsburg, Germany) and Wilhelm Christopher Von Rosenberg (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining an air temperature for an ultrasonic sensor system, in particular for a vehicle, is disclosed. The method includes determining the intersection points and/or tangential lines and/or tangential planes between the reflection ellipses. I...