ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,674, issued on June 2, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device, control means thereof, and storage medium for reducing power consumption when transitioning to a power off state" was invented by Tetsuro Nakayama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a second control unit configured to determine which of a movement distance of the electronic device and an angle of the electronic device is calculated according to a state of a power supply of the electronic device and a use state that is detected by a use state detector that detects a use state of the electronic device by a user, calculates the...