US Patent Issued to UltraSense Systems on May 26 for "Ultrasound time-of-flight sensor module, ultrasound absorption sensor module, tactile-sensing systems, and related methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,320, issued on May 26, was assigned to UltraSense Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Ultrasound time-of-flight sensor module, ultrasound absorption sensor module, tactile-sensing systems, and related methods" was invented by Sina Akhbari (San Jose, Calif.) and Hao-Yen Tang (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound time-of-flight (TOF) sensor module includes an ultrasonic transducer device, a cover layer, an elastic member, and a signal processor electronically coupled to the ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer device includes at least one ultrasonic transducer, which is configured as an ultrasonic tran...