ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,326, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Communication apparatus and communication method" was invented by Nobuya Arakawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Katsuhisa Kashiwagi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Ryo Saito (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Koichi Ichige (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus capable of estimating the number of incoming waves with high accuracy is provided. A communication apparatus includes an antenna, a matrix calculator that calculates, based on reception signals received from the antenna, a first matrix having singular values of a reception signal matri...