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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2023
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Yukihiro Tadokoro, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Taewha Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ziqi Yu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Xiaopeng Li, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Taishi Kimura, Chicago, IL (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc, Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A sensor includes a tweezer source configured to manipulate a defect nanoparticle in a liquid to a desired position in an enclosure containing the liquid and a light source configured to optically excite the defect nanoparticle in the liquid at the desired position. The sensor also includes a radio frequency (RF) excitation source configured to RF excite the defect nanoparticle in the liquid at the desired position and an optical detector configured to receive an optical signal emitted from the optically excited defect nanoparticle.