ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,834, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany).

"Methods and systems for ultra-wideband localization" was invented by Vivek Jain (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Sushanta Mohan Rakshit (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems and methods described herein provide a means for obtaining an accurate localization of static/mobile portable devices with respect to static/mobile infrastructure. A real-world environment presents unique challenges when localizing a given portable tag. Measurement of various geometric properties such as distance and/or angle to given infrastructure sensor is often erroneous du...