ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,121, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).

"Safety system and method using a safety system" was invented by Hagen Feth (Waldkirch, Germany), Andreas Sixt (Waldkirch, Germany), Angelina Muller (Waldkirch, Germany) and Holger Waibel (Waldkirch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method using a safety system for localizing a person and/or object in a monitored zone having a control and evaluation unit, having at least one radio location system for the position determination of the person and/or object in the monitored zone, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to evaluate position data o...