US Patent Issued to The Charles Machine Works on Aug. 5 for "Noise minimization to communicate with a beacon" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,588, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Charles Machine Works Inc. (Perry, Okla.).

"Noise minimization to communicate with a beacon" was invented by Scott B. Cole (Edmond, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a beacon signal using an above-ground tracker. The tracker comprises an antenna assembly comprising a plurality of antennas. Each antenna is oriented in a different direction. During operation, if the beacon signal is interrupted due to a local noise source, transmission of the beacon signal is stopped. The tracker then detects radiation from the local noise source and the processor determines a directio...