ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,654, issued on May 13, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Projection apparatus, projection system, projection method, and program" was invented by Masahiro Sueyoshi (Tokyo) and Yuji Hiura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projection apparatus of the present technology includes a control unit and a projection unit. The control unit generates a data pattern on the basis of a first characteristic value, a second characteristic value, and a count value and generates data in which the data pattern and the first characteristic value are combined, the first characteristic value being a characteristic value linked to ...