ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,678, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Radio wave map update device, radio wave map update method, and communication quality identifying device" was invented by Takahiro Furuyama (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio wave map update device includes a storage unit, a receiving unit, and an update unit. The storage unit is configured to store a radio wave map that contains reference position information indicating a reference position, reference blockage information indicating a reference blockage situation of a communication with a first base station at the reference position, and referen...