ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,201, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Reconfiguration intelligent surface device and beamforming method thereof" was invented by Chiu-Ping Wu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Shih-Hao Fang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Hsin-An Hou (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Jen-Yuan Hsu (Kinmen County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfiguration intelligent surface device and a beamforming method thereof, the beamforming method adapted to the reconfiguration intelligent surface device is described below. A timing synchronization signal is received. A frame boundary synchronized with a radi...