US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 11 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,803, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Sumito Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a platen on which an original is to be placed, a feeder configured to feed an original placed on a tray, a sensor configured to detect a sheet on the tray, a lamp provided to the feeder, a reader configured to read the original placed on the platen and to read the original conveyed by the feeder, an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the image forming unit to form a ...