ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,360, issued on June 17, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for surveying a non-stationary platform subject to thermal expansion" was invented by Matt Keti (Alta Loma, Calif.) and Jason Burke (Placentia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes obtaining an initial survey of multiple receivers located on a dynamic platform. The method also includes obtaining sensor readings from the multiple receivers. The method further includes validating, using a differential calculator, the initial survey by (i) selecting a reference receiver and a target receiver from among the multiple receivers and ...