ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,075, issued on March 18, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Electronic device and control method" was invented by Hiroshi Moritomo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes an authentication unit and a control unit. The authentication unit performs an authentication communication with an external device for determining whether or not the external device is a predetermined device. The control unit requests a second power that is greater than a first power from the external device, in a case where the external device is determined to be the predetermined device and the external device is determined to be a ...