ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,419, issued on July 28, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electromagnetic-wave detection apparatus and distance-measurement apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Okada (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an electromagnetic-wave detection apparatus and a distance-measurement apparatus capable of accurately detecting the position of a subject. An electromagnetic-wave detection apparatus (10) includes a first detection unit (20) configured to detect a reflected wave that is an electromagnetic wave radiated in multiple directions in a space in which an object (ob) is present and reflected by the object (o...