ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,998, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Communication device, communication method, and program for mobile industry processor interface packet generation" was invented by Takayuki Hirama (Tokyo), Makoto Nariya (Kanagawa, Japan), Hayato Takahashi (Tokyo) and Shinichi Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communication with more reliable functional safety is disclosed. In one example, a communication device includes a packet generation unit configured to generate a packet having a packet structure in which a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) standard is in...