ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,605, issued on July 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Power transmission apparatus, power receiving apparatus, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Hajime Shimura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission apparatus wirelessly transmits power to a power receiving apparatus via a power transmission antenna, measures at least either of a voltage and a current in the power transmission antenna at least two or more time points of a power transmission restriction period in which power to be transmitted to a power receiving apparatus is restricted, and performs measurement processing, includi...