ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,204, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for ultrasound-based object classification and device for performing ultrasound-based object classification" was invented by Andre Gerlach (Leonberg-Hoefingen, Germany) and Jona Eisele (Kornwestheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ultrasound-based object classification. The method includes generating a time reflection signal at a first ultrasonic sensor; receiving and/or generating secondary signals of at least one or more ultrasonic sensors adjacent to the first ultrasonic sensor, and extracting predetermined features from th...