ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,838, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image recording apparatus and method for recording an image, generating first period to control driving control circuit and power-saving mode" was invented by Takumi Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image recording apparatus includes a driving control circuit configured to record an image on a recording medium, and a timer configured to generate a first period to control the driving control circuit, wherein the timer is configured to generate a second period that is different from the first period, and wherein, in a power-saving mode that uses less po...