US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 4 for "Image forming apparatus, and control method for displaying a remaining amount of developing agent based on a detected value or a calculated value" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,343, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus, and control method for displaying a remaining amount of developing agent based on a detected value or a calculated value" was invented by Naohisa Nagata (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus that performs image formation using a developing agent, the image forming apparatus includes a containing unit that contains the developing agent, a detection unit that detects a remaining amount of the developing agent, a calculation unit that calculates the remaining amount of the developing agent, and a display unit that disp...