US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 12 for "Image forming apparatus and control method for image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,568, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus and control method for image forming apparatus" was invented by Atsushi Hikichi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus capable of transitioning between at least a standby state and a termination state, the image forming apparatus including a controller and a printer device configured to form an image on a recording sheet. The controller is configured to receive an event for transitioning a state of the image forming apparatus, and the controller is configured to, by executing a termination process of the printer device and a...