ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,040, issued on Sept. 15.
"System and method for targeted communication" was invented by John Robert Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam (Canton, Mich.), Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.) and Christopher Storms (Madison Heights, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for directional communication is disclosed. The system may include an ultrasonic beamforming device, sensors, and a processor. The ultrasonic beamforming device may be configured to transmit an ultrasonic carrier wave. The processor may be configured to obtain inputs from a detection unit located in a geo...