ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,050, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Peltbeam Inc. (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

"Edge device and method for sensor-assisted beamforming" was invented by Venkat Kalkunte (Saratoga, Calif.), Mehdi Hatamian (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Arman Rofougaran (Newport Coast, Calif.) and Puya Rofougaran (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first edge device includes a first antenna array and a sensor that senses a surrounding area of the first edge device. The first edge device further includes control circuitry that detects a first user in the surrounding area of the first edge device, tracks the detected first user in the surrounding ar...