ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,457, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Target distance estimation device, radio wave detection device, and target distance estimation method" was invented by Yoshiki Takahashi (Tokyo) and Ryuhei Takahashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A target distance estimation device includes: a multipath composite wave signal generation unit that generates a multipath composite wave signal that is a simulation signal of a composite wave of a direct wave and a multipath wave received by a reception antenna in a case where a provisional target distance, which is a provisional target distance from a radio...