ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,982, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Onboard sensor assisted power allocation for radar and communication on mobile devices" was invented by Anum Ali (Plano, Texas), Vutha Va (Plano, Texas), Jianhua Mo (Allen, Texas) and Boon Loong Ng (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for allocating power of an electronic device, includes generating a power budget indicating an amount of available power for signal transmission and reception. The method also includes determining whether to prioritize communication signals or radar signals for allocating the available power...