ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,048, issued on July 7, was assigned to ONX2 SAS (Paris).

"Device for detecting and tracking objects in a zone of interest" was invented by Christian Jean Jacques Hubert (Charenton le Pont, France) and Maurice Rebiffe (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting and tracking objects in an area of interest, including: a control terminal receiving direction information relating to objects entering the area of interest from a radar or a direct input from an operator, a motorized yoke having 3 axes of rotation with direct axial drive for the support and the omnidirectional displacement of an assembly comprising: a neuromorp...