ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,440, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Positioning device" was invented by Tsukasa Okada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning device includes an camera, a detector, and a circuit. The camera is mounted on a moving body, and captures an image of surroundings of the moving body to acquire a captured image. The detector is mounted on the moving body, detects motion of the moving body, and outputs a detection signal indicating a detection result. The circuit processes the detection signal using a correction value for correcting a bias error included...