ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,278, issued on April 22, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Akihiko Uchiyama (Shizuoka, Japan) and Shuji Saito (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an endless image bearing member, a toner image forming portion, a light source, a detecting portion, a removing member, and a controller. The controller carries out control so that first measurement for detecting reflected light by the detecting portion by irradiating toner, supplied to a first region detectable by the detecting portion, with the light from the light source and second measurement for ...