US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on March 31 for "Image forming apparatus and electronic equipment" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,195, issued on March 31, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus and electronic equipment" was invented by Hidekazu Uematsu (Fujimi-machi, Japan) and Toru Matsuyama (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a transport unit, and a light emission unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a medium by applying a colorant onto the medium. The transport unit transports the medium. The light emission unit indicates status of either one, or both, of the image forming unit and the transport unit by using a plurality of light sources including ...