ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,131, issued on June 16, was assigned to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"System and method for computing optimal path based on loop variables with post-processing applied" was invented by In Gwun Jang (Yuseong-Gu, South Korea), Geunu Kim (Yuseong-Gu, South Korea), Jeonghun Kim (Yuseong-Gu, South Korea) and Kitae Jang (Yuseong-Gu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for computing an optimal path includes an arithmetic unit. The arithmetic unit is configured to compute an objective moving path from one of a plurality of nodes to another one of the plurality of nodes. Each of a ...