ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,030, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Radiation imaging system, radiation imaging apparatus comprising detection unit, automatic exposure control unit, and memory control unit, and control method for radiation imaging apparatus" was invented by Tomoya Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation imaging apparatus includes a detection unit that detects radiation applied by a radiation generating apparatus, an automatic exposure control unit that determines whether to stop application of radiation based on an accumulated dose of the detected radiation and to notify the radiation generating apparatus o...