ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,690, issued on July 1, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image reading apparatus and image reading method" was invented by Kaoru Hamada (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey an original, a reader configured to read the original conveyed by the conveyor, a detector configured to detect an abnormal image generated in a read image of the original obtained by the reader, a correction processor configured to correct the abnormal image, an operation unit configured to receive a setting of an operation mode set by a user, and a controller. The controller is configu...