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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 7/521 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52004 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); G01S 7/521 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a transducer controller is configured to form an integrated distance measuring and diagnostic cycle that includes measuring a decay time of a transducer and to selectively adjust a period of the transmitted signal responsively to a value of a reverberation period.