ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,196, issued on May 12, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Detection apparatus and detection method" was invented by Satoru Sakurazawa (Osaka, Japan), Masato Izawa (Osaka, Japan), Isao Kato (Osaka, Japan), Takumi Asaina (Osaka, Japan), Shota Shimizu (Osaka, Japan) and Kanata Nishida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a signal output unit configured to output a measurement signal that includes a component having a first frequency to a transmission line, a signal measurement unit configured to measure a response signal, from the t...