ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,996, issued on May 5, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Signal processor with A-D converter and reservoir unit" was invented by Yukio Terasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal processor includes an input unit, an analog-digital converter, and a reservoir unit. The input unit receives an input of a first analog signal. The analog-digital converter converts the first analog signal to a first digital signal. The reservoir unit receives an input of at least a part of the first digital signal. The reservoir unit determines a rule of a timing at which a control signal for extracting a part of the first analog signal or the fi...