ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,777, issued on April 21, was assigned to Airbus Defence and Space GmbH (Taufkirchen, Germany).

"Method and apparatus for localizing a signal source" was invented by Roman Podolski (Taufkirchen, Germany), Fotios Katsilieris (Taufkirchen, Germany), Antonio Perez Acal (Taufkirchen, Germany) and Markus Siede (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for localizing a signal source which emits a signal, including determining a location-dependent bearing measurement of the signal source, receiving a type identification of the signal source, ascertaining a location-dependent residence probability (lthreat({circumflex ove...