ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,381, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Antenna apparatus, communication apparatus, and image capturing system" was invented by Yasushi Koyama (Kanagawa, Japan), Takeaki Itsuji (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuki Kitazawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Tatsuya Murao (Kanagawa, Japan), Koji Yukimasa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takahiro Sato (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna apparatus that comprises an antenna array in which a plurality of active antennas each including an antenna and a semiconductor structure configured to generate or detect an electromagnetic wave are arranged in an array, a coupling line configured t...