ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,885, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Power transmitting apparatus, control method for power transmitting apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Ryosuke Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmitting apparatus, in a case where at least one of a transmission power measured in one state from among a plurality of different states or a received power obtained in the one state is unstable, does not use the transmission power and the received power in calculating the parameter used in determining whether or not an object not an intended power transmission target exists."

The patent was filed...