ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,757, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Detecting system, detecting apparatus, detecting method, and program" was invented by Tatsuya Iizuka (Musashino, Japan), Go Itami (Musashino, Japan), Naoko Kosaka (Musashino, Japan), Masato Maruyama (Musashino, Japan), Toshimitsu Tanaka (Musashino, Japan) and Jun Kato (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detecting system includes a tag, a radar device that transmits transmission radio waves to the tag and acquires reception radio waves produced by the transmission radio waves being reflected by the tag, and a detecting apparatus. The tag includes a pattern made of...