ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,555, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Localization system and method" was invented by Javier Felip Leon (Hillsboro, Ore.), Julio Cesar Zamora Esquivel (West Sacramento, Calif.), David Israel Gonzalez Aguirre (Portland, Ore.) and Leobardo Emmanuel Campos Macias (Guadalajara, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A localization system includes a first sensor, configured to detect a vibration and generate a first electrical signal in response to the detection of the vibration; a second sensor, configured to detect a vibration and generate a second electrical signal in response to the detection of t...