ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,013, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electronic apparatus that supplies and receives power to and from external apparatus, control method and non-transitory computer readable medium therefor" was invented by Kento Inai (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus that supplies and receives power to and from an external apparatus connected to the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus performs control such that a predetermined icon is displayed on a display. The electronic apparatus detects a predetermined touch operation on the predetermined icon displayed on the display. The ...