ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,634, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Panasonic Avionics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"In-vehicle control of wireless connection density" was invented by Li Ying (Irvine, Calif.), Sidney Chu (Fullerton, Calif.), Nirav Patel (Fullerton, Calif.), He Zheng (Irvine, Calif.), Glen Gee (Irvine, Calif.), Christopher Lyle (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) and Andy Kwong (Tustin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to managing wireless connections within a spatially-dense setting like a passenger vehicle, thereby improving quality and reliability of individual wireless connections. An example method includes detecting ...