ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,743, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DENSO International America Inc. (Southfield, Mich.) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"System and method for dynamic localization" was invented by Eric J. Smith (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for determining a location of a portable device relative to an object. The system and method may include operating in two modes: 1) a first mode in which an antenna output, such as a received signal strength indicator, satisfies a mode transition criterion that is dynamic, and 2) a second mode in which, with the mode transition criterion being satisfied, t...