US Patent Issued to CANON on Sept. 8 for "Exposure apparatus and image-forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,391, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Exposure apparatus and image-forming apparatus" was invented by Michihiro Yoshida (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exposure apparatus for exposing a photosensitive member includes: a first chip that includes a plurality of first light-emitting portions arranged along an axial direction of the photosensitive member; a second chip, arranged at a different position from the first chip in the axial direction, that includes a plurality of second light-emitting portions arranged along the axial direction; and a control unit configured to output image data that is a...