ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,988, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Current output device" was invented by Hidemaro Yamada (Tokyo), Takeki Satou (Tokyo) and Koichi Irie (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current output device has a plurality of current output units, an alternative current generation unit, a signal conversion unit, and an output current correction unit. The current output unit outputs, to an external circuit, an output current based on an output current signal that is input. The alternative current generation unit generates an alternative current, which is a current that substitutes for the output current of ...