ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,878, issued on July 7, was assigned to TransRobotics Inc. (Hayward, Calif.).

"System and method for sensing distance and/or movement" was invented by Sayf Alalusi (Hayward, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (e.g., a method for measuring a separation distance to a target object) includes transmitting an electromagnetic first transmitted signal from a transmitting antenna toward a target object that is a separated from the transmitting antenna by a separation distance. The first transmitted signal includes a first transmit pattern representative of a first sequence of digital bits. The method also includes receiving a first...