US Patent Issued to CANON on March 4 for "Image forming apparatus and electronic device connected to the image forming apparatus switching power supply based on operating mode of the image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,219, issued on March 4, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus and electronic device connected to the image forming apparatus switching power supply based on operating mode of the image forming apparatus" was invented by Yuya Hirano (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes an operating portion, a switch and a controller. The device is operable in a first mode in which a predetermined operation is executed and in a second mode of which power consumption is reduced rather than in the first mode, and operates in a state connected to an image forming apparatus. The operating portion operates...