ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,384, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Communication apparatus and communication method" was invented by Hiroyuki Ishikawa (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan), Sadatoshi Oishi (Fuji Shizuoka, Japan) and Koki Nakamura (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus includes a first determination processing unit that determines, based on measurement of a target including one or more wireless tags by a measurement unit, an arrangement of the target with respect to a predetermined range. A movement control unit controls movement of an antenna. An acquisition unit acquires, based on a radio ...