ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,808, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Node apparatus, system, method of controlling the node apparatus, method of controlling the system, method of manufacturing products, and recording medium" was invented by Kento Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A node apparatus configured to be connected with a sensor includes a communication portion and a control portion. The communication portion is configured to communicate with a gateway apparatus. The control portion is configured to execute a first task in which the control portion transmits data obtained from the sensor, to the gateway apparat...