US Patent Issued to CANON on April 21 for "Device operating in a state connected to an image forming apparatus and controlling a power supply when switching modes" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,958, issued on April 21, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Device operating in a state connected to an image forming apparatus and controlling a power supply when switching modes" was invented by Yuya Hirano (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes an operating portion, a switch and a controller. The device is operable in a first mode in which a predetermined operation is executed and in a second mode of which power consumption is reduced rather than in the first mode, and operates in a state connected to an image forming apparatus. The operating portion operates by an AC voltage supplied from an external...