ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,699, issued on May 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming system" was invented by Noriyuki Monden (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming system includes a punch unit, provided in a post-processing apparatus, which includes a punch member that performs punching processing of forming a punch hole in a sheet conveyed along a conveyance path from an image forming apparatus while the punch member rotates, and a detection unit configured to detect a surface property of the sheet conveyed along a conveyance path from the image forming apparatus toward the punch unit. A control unit controls conveyan...