ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,987, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Ultrawideband localization systems and methods for computing user interface" was invented by Ashutosh Dhekne (Marietta, Ga.), Yifeng Cao (Atlanta) and Mostafa H. Ammar (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary system and method are disclosed for a handheld or hand-enclosed instrument configured with ultra-wideband localization using unidirectional messaging protocol based on time difference of arrival (TDoA) measurements that can be used as inputs, in a realtime control loop, to a software application that uses the handheld or hand-enclosed ins...