US Patent Issued to RICOH on Aug. 25 for "Image reading device and image reading method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,995, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Image reading device and image reading method" was invented by Shogo Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Ayumu Hashimoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading device includes an illuminator, an imager, a background portion, and an image processor. The illuminator irradiates a subject with visible light and invisible light. The imager receives the visible light and the invisible light reflected by the subject to capture a visible image and an invisible image. The background portion is disposed in an image capturing range of the imager. The backg...