ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,912, issued on June 3, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Positioning system" was invented by Kenichirou Sanji (Nisshin, Japan), Nobuyasu Okabe (Kariya, Japan), Masakazu Ikeda (Nisshin, Japan) and Yuuji Kakuya (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning system executes wireless communication with a portable terminal by adopting a radio wave of 1 GHz or higher to determine a position of the portable terminal relative to a vehicle. The positioning system includes a vehicle exterior communication device and a positioning device. The vehicle exterior communication device is disposed at an outer surface portion ...