ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,563, issued on July 28, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Torrance, Calif.).

"Radio communication system, radio communication device, and radio communication method" was invented by Yutaka Murakami (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This communication system comprises: a first radio-communication device that transmits a plurality of first reference signals with controlled directivity in a time-sharing manner in a first period; and a second radio-communication device that transmits a plurality of second reference signals with controlled directivity to the first radio-communication dev...