ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,633, issued on April 8, was assigned to HANWHA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method thereof for determining detonator information by using wireless signal" was invented by Jeong Ho Choi (Boeun-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method thereof for determining detonator information by using a wireless signal are proposed. The device includes an electromagnetic wave reception unit configured to receive an electromagnetic wave transmitted from a detonator in a blast hole, a coordinate derivation unit configured to detect the received electromagnetic wave and derive the electromagnetic wave as coordin...