US Patent Issued to Canon on Jan. 28 for "Synchronous communication apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,006, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Synchronous communication apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium" was invented by Motoharu Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synchronous communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a reception packet and a reception time stamp indicating a time when the reception packet is received, a first storage unit configured to store the reception packet, a second storage unit configured to store the reception time stamp, a determination unit configured to determine propriety of storage of the reception packet in t...