ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,809, issued on April 1, was assigned to DENSO TEN Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).

"Communication device, smart key device, and communication method" was invented by Hiroyuki Watabe (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device according to one aspect of embodiments includes a controller. In a case where vibration of the communication device is detected, the controller allows execution of a communication process with a communication target device."

The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2022, under Application No. 17/879,879.

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