ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,186, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device, processing method, and program" was invented by Kota Nishida (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device for wirelessly communicating with a terminal device by a wireless communicator includes a direction information acquisition unit and a processor. The direction information acquisition unit acquires, based on a beacon signal received by the wireless communicator from the terminal device, direction information related to a direction of the terminal device with respect to a reference position of the electronic device. The pro...