ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,737, issued on May 19, was assigned to INFINITE PERIPHERALS INC. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Ultra-wideband strobe beacon" was invented by John Vargas (Downey, Calif.) and Jeffrey Scott (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are device, method, and computer program product embodiments for tracking the location of a device and corresponding tracked object and visually broadcasting their location. A device may transmit a signal via ultra-wideband, when moving, or Bluetooth low energy, when stationary, communication protocols to a mobile computing device. The signal can be used to triangulate the location of the device. T...