US Patent Issued to CANON on Dec. 30 for "Component life prediction method that makes it possible to enhance accuracy of prediction of component life, component life prediction system, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,250, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Component life prediction method that makes it possible to enhance accuracy of prediction of component life, component life prediction system, and storage medium" was invented by Yuriko Harai (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component life prediction method that makes it possible to enhance, when predicting a time at which a component provided in an apparatus reaches its life end, the accuracy of this prediction. A method of predicting the life end of a component provided in an apparatus. An operation state of the apparatus is determined, which can reduce the ...