ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,892, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SoftBank Corp. (Tokyo).

"Antenna apparatus, system, communication apparatus, data processing apparatus, and computer readable storage medium" was invented by Takahiro Tsuchiya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna apparatus is provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna array including a first plurality of antennas arranged by being shifted in a lateral direction by a distance of an odd integer multiple of a half period of a period of a level fluctuation depending on an antenna lateral position at a first distance that is predetermined as a distance between the antenna appara...