ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,929, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"NFC device and method of operating an NFC device" was invented by Dorian Haslinger (Nestelbach bei Graz, Austria) and Wolfgang Eber (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a near field communication (NFC) device is provided, comprising: an antenna configured to enable wireless communication with an external device; a charging unit configured to charge the external device by transferring power to said external device through said antenna; a detection unit configured to detect whether the extern...