ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,410, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Detection device and detection method" was invented by Masato Izawa (Osaka, Japan), Satoru Sakurazawa (Osaka, Japan), Isao Kato (Osaka, Japan), Shota Shimizu (Osaka, Japan) and Takashi Maehata (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device includes a signal output unit configured to output a 1-bit first digital signal representing a waveform of a predetermined pattern or a signal based on the first digital signal to a transmission line as a measurement signal, a signal reception unit configured to receive a response signal includ...