ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,678, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Toshiyuki Iwata (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet conveyance unit, a double feeding detection unit, a first sheet detection unit, and a control unit. The double feeding detection unit detects double feeding with respect to a sheet. The control unit controls a conveyance speed of a sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance unit at a first speed and a second speed which is slower than the first speed and at which the sheet is in motion. The control uni...