ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,486, issued on May 20, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Transmission element imaging device and transmission element imaging method" was invented by Hiroshi Yaguma (Kyoto, Japan) and Masahiro Yasuda (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a transmission element imaging device capturing an image of a transmission element that transmits a signal, including a reception element group including a plurality of reception elements each receiving the signal transmitted from the transmission element, a direction detection unit detecting a direction of the transmission element on a basis of the signal received by...