ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,211, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Reception apparatus to receive signals using circuit current consumption, communication system, and method for controlling reception apparatus" was invented by Yuki Shoji (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reception apparatus includes a reception circuit configured to receive reception signals, and a control circuit configured to control the reception signals to be input to the reception circuit by executing a feedback control according to a current consumption of the reception circuit."

The patent was filed on May 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/316,568....