ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,113, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).

"Position sensor for the spatially resolved detection of objects in a monitored zone" was invented by Sebastian Schwarzkopf (Ammersbek, Germany) and Bjorn Sock (Neu Wulmstorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a position sensor for the spatially resolved detection of objects in a monitored zone, comprising a measurement device for determining respective position signals for detected objects that are located in the monitored zone, an RFID reading device that is arranged adjacent to the measurement device and that is configured to ...