US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 1 for "Laser scanning for spatial acquisition of a satellite receiver" (California, Missouri, Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,272, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Laser scanning for spatial acquisition of a satellite receiver" was invented by Nathan D. Hiller (Irvine, Calif.), Stephen Lambert (Maryland Heights, Mo.), Todd Harding Tomkinson (Newbury Park, Calif.) and Steven Fulton Griffin (Kihei, Hawaii).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser beam transmission system comprises a laser beam system and a controller that controls the laser beam system. The controller is configured to direct a laser beam at a location nearest to a maximum of an uncertainty area in which a satellite is expected to be located. The controller is ...