ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,118, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Integrated surveillance radar system" was invented by Zhong Chen (Beijing) and Rong Lu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of vehicle navigation includes controlling a phased array radar to search for an object within a first field of view and receiving a first direction, having a first direction resolution, and a first range, having first range resolution, of the object from the phased array radar. The method includes controlling a camera to search for the object based on the first direction and the first range within a second field o...