ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,172, issued on March 18, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Navigation support" was invented by Ronaldus Frederik Johannes Holthuizen (Culemborg, Netherlands), Robert Johannes Frederik Homan (Batenburg, Netherlands), Jarich Willem Spliethoff (Utrecht, Netherlands), Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Peter George Van De Haar (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Johanneke Gerrigje Groen (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Jan Rongen (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Edward Vuurberg (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Johan Juliana Dries (Arendonk, Belgium), Christian Reich (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Keshav Simhadri (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

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