ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,017, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Peltbeam Inc. (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

"Edge device and method for sensor-assisted beamforming" was invented by Venkat Kalkunte (Saratoga, Calif.), Mehdi Hatamian (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Arman Rofougaran (Newport Coast, Calif.) and Puya Rofougaran (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An edge device includes an antenna array and a sensor that senses a surrounding area of the edge device. The edge device further includes control circuitry that detects a user in the surrounding area of the edge device, tracks the detected first user in the surrounding area of the edge device, and control...