ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,970, issued on June 30, was assigned to Compal Electronics Inc. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Rescue positioning system" was invented by Cheng-Hsin Chou (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rescue positioning system is provided. The rescue positioning system includes a first rescue positioning device, a communication satellite and a backend monitoring device. The first rescue positioning device includes a communication module, a detection module, a processor and a positioning module. The detection module detects location and environment information of the first rescue positioning device and generates a detection signal. Th...