US Patent Issued to The Regents of The University of Michigan on June 10 for "Rapid characterization of the sources of electromagnetic signals and environmental substances" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,534, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Rapid characterization of the sources of electromagnetic signals and environmental substances" was invented by Kimberlee Jane Kearfott (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reconstruction algorithm system for hazardous source mapping. The algorithm system can be used to automate and optimize the search path of a movable vehicle (such as a UAV), equipped with detection capability. The algorithm allows the vehicle to localize hazardous sources in multiple scenarios effectively. Hazard mapping is formulated as an in...