ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,386, issued on March 17, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).

"Wireless tag communication apparatus, method, and storage medium" was invented by Jun Yaginuma (Izunokuni Shizuoka, Japan) and Kento Sugiyama (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless tag communication apparatus includes a communication device that faces a first direction and configured to communicate with a wireless tag and receive radio waves, a sensor configured to detect positions of the apparatus, a display that is connected to the communication device and faces a second direction, a grip connected to the device, and a processor configu...