ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,581, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Radar device, and vehicle and position detection device including the same" was invented by Nobuya Arakawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a radar device that may perform an angle estimation of an incoming direction of an incoming wave with high accuracy because of increased angular resolution and has an increased dynamic range. In a transmission antenna Tx, transmission antenna elements Tx1, Tx2, Tx3, and the like of number m of three or more are arranged in a straight line at equal intervals of wavelength Lamb...