US Patent Issued to Canon on June 23 for "Image formation apparatus, control method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,971, issued on June 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image formation apparatus, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Hayato Shirai (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image formation apparatus, a control method, and a storage medium that can suppress the decrease in the convenience are provided. To this end, each setting of an operation mode is activated with a user selecting a custom home screen from a default home screen in accordance with a usage scene."

The patent was filed on July 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/362,002.

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