ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,447, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH (Bremen, Germany).
"Device, method and vehicle" was invented by Johann Harmstorf (Ganderkesee, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for determining a firing position from which a projectile has been fired at a target object is proposed, comprising: at least one sensor unit for detecting an impact of the projectile in the target object, at least one acoustic sensor unit for detecting a muzzle blast when the projectile is fired, and a determination unit which is arranged to determine the firing position on the basis of the detected muzzle blast and the dete...