ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,648, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Data processing system in which distance measurement is performed, control method therefor, and storage medium" was invented by Koshi Fujitani (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing system capable of improving accuracy of distance measurement using wireless communication. In the system, a first image forming apparatus performs, with a mobile terminal, first wireless communication and second wireless communication for performing distance measurement with accuracy higher than the first wireless communication, and a second image forming apparatus perf...