ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,871, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Government of the United States, represented by the Secretary of the Army.
"Method for controlling a swarm of unmanned autonomous entities for geolocation of a source" was invented by Muharrem Umit Uyar (Holmdel, N.J.), Janusz Kusyk (Kew Gardens, N.Y.), Jeffrey Boksiner (Cockeysville, Md.), Giorgio Bertoli (Bel Air, Md.), Sagor Hoque (New Castle, Del.) and Joseph Plishka (Stewartstown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method that pertains to location of an emitter source is provided. The method can use game theory and an estimation method. The method can use an autonomous entity that ca...