US Patent Issued to Canon on July 15 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,486, issued on July 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Kosuke Yasaki (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting portions configured to expose to light a photosensitive drum, a detection unit configured to detect an opening of a maintenance door, a output unit configured to output image data for controlling turning on and off of the plurality of light emitting portions, a drive unit configured to drive the plurality of the light emitting portions based on the image data, wherein the photosensitive drum stops rotating wh...