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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:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Matsuda, Gifu, JP;
Kazuyuki Kano, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/16 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/16 (2013.01); G10K 11/341 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic sensor includes a plurality of ultrasonic wave elements each including a first electrode and a second electrode, and a control circuit configured to switch parallel connection and serial connection of the plurality of the ultrasonic wave elements.