ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,972, issued on April 14, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Wireless transmitter identification in visual scenes" was invented by Ahmed Alkhateeb (Chandler, Ariz.), Muhammad Alrabeiah (Tempe, Ariz.) and Gouranga Charan (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wireless transmitter identification in visual scenes is provided. This technology enables important wireless communications and sensing applications such as (i) fast beam/blockage prediction in fifth generation (5G)/sixth generation (6G) systems using camera data, (ii) identifying cars and people in a surveil...