ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,183, issued on March 3, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Transporting ultra-high definition video from multiple sources" was invented by Carl A. Woody (McKinney, Texas) and Tyler Layne Hook (Little Elm, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor data processing apparatus can be coupled to multiple image sensors of different types. The apparatus adjusts frame transmission rates based on the number of sensors and type of image data sourced by the sensors to optimize utilization of bandwidth on a number of transport channels. The apparatus can be configured to transport selected frames in the image data that are identi...