ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,690, issued on July 28, was assigned to Canon Finetech Nisca Inc. (Saitama, Japan).

"Tube printer for recording images onto a tube-shaped recording medium" was invented by Hirohumi Takayama (Moriya, Japan) and Takeshi Miura (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Bluetooth module is disposed behind a keyboard when viewed from a user side with the user facing this tube printer. Furthermore, the Bluetooth module is disposed behind a display when viewed from the user side with the user facing the tube printer. Furthermore, at least part of the Bluetooth module is disposed overlapping the display in the longitudinal direction o...