US Patent Issued to Canon on May 12 for "Power transmission apparatus, control method executed by power transmission apparatus, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,171, issued on May 12, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Power transmission apparatus, control method executed by power transmission apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Hiroshi Mashimo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a communication unit receives an end power transfer (EPT) packet including information about a power transmission stop period from a power reception apparatus, a power transmission apparatus controls a power transmission coil to transmit a checking signal for checking existence of the power reception apparatus during the power transmission stop period, detects at least one of a voltage or a curren...