ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,539, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Communication device and communication system" was invented by Takayuki Hirama (Tokyo), Junya Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroo Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshihisa Hyakudai (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, a communication device includes a LINK that generates a first output signal on a basis of a first external signal from a first external device, outputs the first output signal to a second external device, generates a second output signal on a basis of a second external signal from the second external device, a...