ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,577, issued on June 17, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Voltage generating apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Asano (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage generating apparatus includes: a first circuit configured to output a first voltage; a controller configured to control a value of the first voltage output by the first circuit with a control signal; and a storage unit configured to store control information of the first circuit. The controller uses the control signal for communication with the storage unit."

The patent was filed on June 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/205,617....