ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,615, issued on July 15, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Communication point determination device, communication point determination method and program, and inspection system" was invented by Gen Sakashita (Tokyo), Masaki Honda (Tokyo), Shigeru Yoshida (Tokyo) and Ryo Hashimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication point determination device for determining a communication point including a communication position being a position of a mobile body which performs close-range wireless communication with a wireless device disposed within a target area including an obstacle which obstructs propaga...