ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,430, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).

"Magnetic field based tracking methods and systems" was invented by Muneaki Miyasaka (Singapore) and Soo Jay Louis Phee (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor-based tracking system, a method, and computer readable media for tracking an apparatus having a magnetic field generating device through an environment having a consistent magnetic field are provided. The magnetic sensor-based tracking system includes the apparatus having the magnetic field generating device, one or more magnetic field sensing devices, and a controller. Ea...