ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,431, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Doppler-nulling and two-way timing and ranging (spatial awareness)" was invented by Steven V. Schatz (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), James A. Stevens (Lucas, Texas), Eric J. Loren (North Liberty, Iowa), William B. Sorsby (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Tj T. Kwon (Marion, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed. The system may include a receiver or transmitter node. The receiver or transmitter node may include a communications interface with an antenna element and a controller. The controller may include one or more processors and have information o...