US Patent Issued to Konica Minolta on June 30 for "Image forming apparatus, sheet discharge method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,451, issued on June 30, was assigned to Konica Minolta Inc. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus, sheet discharge method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program" was invented by Satoru Shirasaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an image former that forms an image on a recording material; a conveyor that conveys the recording material; an output image reader that reads an output image formed on the recording material; a sheet discharge tray that accommodates the recording material discharged from the conveyor; and a controller that controls an operation...